慢性胃炎(chronic gastritis)為上消化道內視鏡檢查下常見的現象,下列敘述何者正確?
慢性胃炎可根據其範圍分為type A: body-predominant gastritis及type B: antral-predominant gastritis
body-predominant gastritis主要導因為Helicobacter pylori infection,而antral-predominant gastritis主要導因為autoimmune related problem
autoimmune gastritis的病程會依循multifocal atrophic gastritis、gastric atrophy、metaplasia,最後可能導致gastric adenocarcinoma
antral-predominant gastritis與pernicious anemia有關連,病人血液中會有antibodies against parietal cells及intrinsic factor