| Abstract: | AIM: To examine a relationship of hyperplastic processes in the gastric mucosa (GM) to Helicobacter infections. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A hundred patients aged 44 to 86 years who had gastric polyps [Group 1, foveolar hyperplasia (n = 21); Group 2, hyperplasiogenic polyps (n = 65), Group 3, adenomas (n = 14)] underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy of the mucosa from the athrum, body, and fundus of the stomach to reveal Helicobacter pylori (Hp) and GM morphological changes. RESULTS: Hp-associated chronic gastritis was detected in 56% of the patients (66.7, 52.3, and 57.1% in Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively). The rate of Hp seeding correlated with the magnitude of inflammatory and dystrophic changes. As the regulation of epithelial growth and differentiation impairs, the magnitude of GM structural alterations increase. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that there may be a relationship between the frequency, degree of Hp infection and the pattern of GM morphological changes, which makes it expedient to use eradication therapy in this group of patients. |
