
Left: 74 year-old man with recent hematemesis (vomiting blood),
who had been taking NSAIDS and drinking alcohol. Endoscopy demonstrated antral
gastritis with multiple small, superficial ulcers.
Center: 75 year-old woman with upper abdominal pain and blood
in the stool, who had been taking NSAIDS for arthritis. Endoscopy revealed
patchy gastritis in the gastric fundus and in the antrum (shown here). Biopsies
were negative for Helicobacter pylori.
Right: 35 year-old man with chronic dyspepsia and pyrosis
poorly responsive to proton-pump inhibitor and metoclopramide therapy. After
endoscopy demonstrated erosive antral gastritis, he admitted to regularly taking
15-20 ibuprofen daily, as well as occasionally taking as many as 20 aspirin
tablets daily.
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