Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification of atrophic gastritis

paythelady.612 shared this article with you from Inoreader Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification of atrophic gastritis Μέσω pubmed: "world j clin cases"... World J Clin Cases. 2021 May 6;9(13):3014-3023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i13.3014. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The Updated Sydney system for visual evaluation of gastric mucosal atrophy via endoscopic observation is subject to sampling error and interobserver variability. The Kimura-Takemoto classification system was developed to overcome these limitations. AIM: To compare the morphological classification of atrophic gastritis between the Kimura-Takemoto system and the Updated Sydney system. METHODS: A total of 169 patients with atrophic gastritis were selected according to diagnosis by the visual endoscopic Kimura-Takemoto method. Following the Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification system, one antrum biopsy and five gastric corpus biopsies were taken according to the visual stages of the Kimura-Takemoto system. The Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification system was then applied to each and showed 165 to have histological muco sal atrophy; the remaining 4 patients had no histological evidence of atrophy in any biopsy. The Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification was verified as a reference morphological method and applied for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis. Adding one more biopsy from the antrum to the six biopsies according to the Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification, constitutes the updated combined Kimura-Takemoto classification and Sydney system. RESULTS: The sensitivity for degree of mucosal atrophy assessed by the Updated Sydney system was 25% for mild, 36% for moderate, and 42% for severe, when compared with the Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification of atrophic gastritis for morphological diagnosis. Four types of multifocal atrophic gastritis were identified: sequential uniform (type 1; in 28%), sequential non-uniform (type 2; in 7%), diffuse uniform (type 3; in 23%), diffuse non-uniform (type 4; in 24%), and "alternating atrophic - non-atrophic" (type 5; in 18%). The pattern of the spr ead of atrophy, sequentially from the antrum to the cardiac segment of the stomach, which was described by the Updated Kimura-Takemoto system, was histologically confirmed in 82% of cases evaluated. CONCLUSION: The Updated Sydney system is significantly inferior to the Updated Kimura-Takemoto classification for morphological verification of atrophic gastritis. PMID:33969087 | PMC:PMC8080746 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i13.3014 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.