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Table 2 EGD abnormalities and histological findings (n = 1133)

From: Predictors of positive esophagogastroduodenoscopy outcomes in children and adolescents: a single center experience

Findingsa

No. (%)

EGD findings

 Esophagus (erythema, erosions, exudates, ulcers)

331 (29.2)

 Stomach (erythema, erosions, nodularity, ulcers)

285 (25.2)

 Duodenum (erythema, erosions, ulcers)

147 (13)

Histological findings

 Esophagus

  Moderate to severe inflammation

245 (21.6)

  Eosinophilic esophagitis

80 (7.1)

 Stomach

  Moderate to severe inflammation

319 (28.2)

  Helicobacter pylori infection

16 (1.4)

 Duodenum

  Moderate to severe inflammation

20 (1.8)

  Mucosal atrophy

91 (8)

  1. EGD esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  2. aPatients may have had abnormalities at more than one site