1Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Navodaya Medical College (NMC), Raichur, Karnataka
2Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa
3Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa
Online published on 9 May, 2014.
Human gastrointestinal tract is long and tortuous.Endoscopy has evoked interest in combined approach- examination, cytology and biopsy. Present study reveals morphologic spectrum of malignancies diagnosed by endoscopic examination followed by biopsy from Jan 2004 to Dec 2006.
1) To study age and sex distribution.2) Endoscopic appearances and types of upper gastrointestinal malignancies.3) Comparison with Indian and Western literature.
This is partly prospective and partly retrospective study.
Out of 701 endoscopic upper gastro-intestinal biopsies received with prior meticulous endoscopic examination,241 were malignant. Biopsies were routinely processed and stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
Majority of cases were from esophagus and peaked in 40–70 years age group, males outnumbering females except in common bile duct malignancy. Interesting cases seen were;1) oesophageal: basaloid carcinoma, basosquamous carcinoma, small cell carcinoma 2)gastric: mucinous carcinoma and papillary adenocarcinoma.
Endoscopic Examination and Biopsy, Upper Gastro Intestinal Malignancies
