Esophagus Endoscopic Biopsy Results of Kars

Aim: The types and frequencies of esophageal diseases that cause complaints such as burning, spasms, painful swallowing and swallowing difficulties vary according to the countries and regions. We aimed to determine the frequency of esophagus diseases observed in in Kars province. Material and Method: 478 esophagus endoscopic biopsies, which were processed andevaluated in the pathology department of our hospital between 2014 and 2016were included in the study. Frequency analyzes were performed with SPSS 20.0package program. Results: Of the 478 patients included in thestudy, 43.1% had active chronic esophagitis, 40.0% had chronic esophagitis, 15.7% had esophageal mucosa at morphological limits and 1.2% had esophagus carcinoma. Barrett esophagus and dysplasia were noted in 21.8% and 1.3%, respectively. Conclusion: In our study, we found that the ratio of esophagitis and barrett esophagus in the province of Kars is above the country and World mean. We think that endoscopic examinations should be made more frequent and due to the reason that barrett's esophagusis a risk factor for esophagus carcinoma