Abdulkader Mohammad Albasri, Irfan Altaf Ansari, Shabina Anjum, Zeinab Mohammad Elsawaf, Ahmad Safar Alhujaily.
Pattern of oesophageal diseases in Madinah region, Saudi Arabia: an 11 years experience.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;69(9):1364-7.

The oesophagus can be a site for a variety of lesions including inflammatory disorders, infections, mechanical conditions, toxic and physical injuries, vascular disorders and neoplastic conditions. hence the oesophageal diseases have a wide spectrum of pathological features. An understanding of histopathological details of oesophageal diseases is essential for their accurate diagnosis and management. The main objective of our study was to provide a comprehensive audit of oesophageal diseases in the province of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. From January 2006 to December 2 01 7 , we reviewed the histopathological patterns of oesophageal lesions in patients at a tertiary care referral hospital who were diagnosed with oesophageal disease after upper gastroendoscopy. Of the 201 patients, 144 (71.6%) cases were found to be non-neoplastic and 57 (28.4%) cases were neoplastic. Our findings were comparable with earlier studies that helped establish a baseline of an oesophageal disease pattern, on the basis of histopathological examinations.

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