Determining the Endoscopic Follow-Up for Gastric Ulcers Based Upon Endoscopic Appearance and Histology (Poster Presentation)

Abstract

Gastric ulcers are common, but the prevalence rate of malignancy in endoscopically diagnosed gastric ulcers varies considerably. It is unclear whether endoscopic follow-up is warranted in all patients with gastric ulcers, as the yield of the follow-up endoscopy is very low, especially in the setting when histology shows benign features. We performed a quality improvement project to determine the diagnostic accuracy of combined endoscopic and histologic features in differentiating benign from malignant gastric ulcers vs endoscopic features only and to avoid over-use of endoscopic evaluation of ulcer healing for benign cases.