ACUTE AND CHRONIC GASTRODUODENAL EROSIONS - ETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL PICTURE AND DIAGNOSIS

Comprehensive investigation of 2620 patients with general somatic dise ases revealed acute gastroduodenal erosions in 252 of them and chronic gastroduodenal erosions in 178 patients. Principal differences betwee n clinical, endoscopic and morphological features of those two types o f erosion due to etiological and pathogenetic character of their forma tion were established as the changes in the immune response, disorders in the protein and lipid metabolism. Almost 75% of chronic erosions c orrelated with circulation disorders, the diseases of hepatobiliary sy stem and were their local morphological equivalents.