Research Article
Endoscopic and Pathologic Changes of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in Crohn’s Disease
Table 2
Frequency of identification of characteristic findings and granulomas.
| | Location | Any findings | CD specific findings | Granuloma detection |
| | Esophagus | 19 (13.8) | 9 (6.5) | 0/9 (0.0) | | Stomach: upper to mid | 71 (51.4) | 66 (47.8) | 4/66 (6.1) | | Stomach: lower | 83 (60.1) | 24 (24.6) | 6/24 (25.0) | | Duodenum: bulb | 58 (42.0) | 44 (31.9) | 5/44 (11.4) | | Duodenum: 2nd portion | 26 (18.8) | 25 (18.1) | 0/25 (0.0) |
| | Total () | 104 (75.4) | 70 (51.3) | 15/138 (10.9) |
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