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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

Differentiating Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease from other Diseases

Differential Diagnosis

The table below differentiates Gastritis from other conditions:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]


Differential Diagnosis
Disease	Cause	Symptoms									Diagnosis	Other findings
		Pain			Nausea & Vomiting	Heartburn	Belching or Bloating	Weight loss	Loss of Appetite	Stools	Endoscopy findings
		Location	Aggravating Factors	Alleviating Factors	Nausea & Vomiting	Heartburn	Belching or Bloating	Weight loss	Loss of Appetite	Stools	Endoscopy findings
Acute gastritis	H. pylori NSAIDS Corticosteroids Alcohol Spicy food Viral infections Crohn's disease Autoimmune diseases Bile reflux Cocaine use Breathing machine or ventilator Ingestion of corrosives	Epigastric pain	Food	Antacids	✔	✔	✔	-	✔	Black stools	Pangastritis or antral gastritis Erosive (Superficial, deep, hemorrhagic) Nonerosive (H. pylori)	-
Chronic gastritis	H. pylori Alcohol Medications Autoimmune diseases Chronic stress	Epigastric pain	Food	Antacids	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	-	H. pylori gastritis Atrophy Intestinal metaplasia Lymphocytic gastritis Enlarged folds Aphthoid erosions	-
Atrophic gastritis	H. pylori Autoimmune disease	Epigastric pain	-	-	✔	-		✔	✔	-	H. pylori Mucosal atrophy Autoimmune Mucosal atrophy	Iron deficiency anemia Autoimmune gastritis diagnosis includes: Antiparietal and anti-IF antibodies Achlorhydria and hypergastrinemia Low serum cobalamine
Crohn's disease	Autoimmune disease	Abdominal pain	-	-	-	-	-	✔	✔	Chronic diarrhea often bloody with pus or mucus Rectal bleeding	Mucosal nodularity with cobblestoning Multiple aphthous ulcers Linier or serpiginous ulcerations Thickened antral folds Antral narrowing Hypoperistalsis Duodenal strictures	Fever Fatigue Anemia (pernicious anemia)
GERD	Lower esophageal sphincter abnormalities Hiatal hernia Abnormal esophageal contractions Prolonged emptying of stomach Gastrinomas	Epigastric pain	Spicy food Tight fitting clothing	Antacids Head elevation during sleep	✔ (Suspect delayed gastric emptying)	✔	-	-	-	-	Esophagitis Barrette's esophagus Strictures	Other symptoms: Dysphagia Regurgitation Nocturnal cough Hoarseness Complications Esophagitis Strictures Barrette esophagus
Peptic ulcer disease	H. pylori Smoking Alcohol Radiation therapy Medications Zollinger-ellison syndrome	Epigastric pain sometimes extending to back Right upper quadrant pain	Duodenal ulcer Pain aggravates with empty stomach Gastric ulcer Pain aggravates with food	Antacids Duodenal ulcer Pain alleviates with food	✔	✔	-	-	-	Black stools	Gastric ulcers Discrete mucosal lesions with a punched-out smooth ulcer base with whitish fibrinoid base Most ulcers are at the junction of fundus and antrum 0.5-2.5cm Duodenal ulcers Well-demarcated break in the mucosa that may extend into the muscularis propria of the duodenum Found in the first part of duodenum <1cm	Other diagnostic tests Serum gastrin levels Secretin stimulation test Biopsy
Gastrinoma	Associated with MEN type 1	Abdominal pain	-	-	✔ (suspect gastric outlet obstruction)	✔	-	-	-	Black stools	Useful in collecting the tissue for biopsy	May present with symptoms of GERD or peptic ulcer disease Associated with MEN type 1 Diagnostic tests Serum gastrin levels Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy CT and MRI
Gastric Adenocarcinoma	H. pylori infection Smoked and salted food	Abdominal pain	-	-	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Black stools, or blood in stools	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Multiple biopsies are taken to establish the diagnosis	Other symptoms Dysphagia Early satiety Frequent burping
Primary gastric lymphoma	H. pylori infection	Abdominal pain Chest pain	-	-	-	-	-	✔	-	-	Useful in collecting the tissue for biopsy	Other symptoms Painless swollen lymph nodes in neck and armpit Night sweats Fatigue Fever Cough or trouble breathing

GERD must be differentiated from other causes of dysphagia, odynophagia and food regurgitation such as esophageal adenocarcinoma and esophageal stricture.

	Manifestations	Diagnostic tools
Achalasia	Dyspnea^[10] Dysphagia for solids and liquids is the most common feature, being seen in 91 % and 85% of patients respectively^[11] Regurgitation of undigested food occurs in 76-91% of patients^[11] Cough mainly when lying down in 30%^[11]	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy findings include a dilated esophagus with residual food fragments, normal mucosa and occasionally candidiasis (due to the prolonged stasis). Barium swallow shows the characteristic bird's beak appearance. Barium swallow showing bird's beak appearance - By Farnoosh Farrokhi, Michael F. Vaezi. - Idiopathic (primary) achalasia. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2007, 2:38(http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2040141), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2950922
GERD	Retrosternal burning chest pain. Cough and hoarseness of voice. May present with complications such as strictures and dysphagia.	Upper GI endoscopy shows the complications such as esophagitis and barret esophagus. Esophageal manometry may show decreased tone of the lower esophageal sphincter. 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring may be done to confirm the diagnosis. Barret's esophagus - By Samir धर्म - taken from patient with permission to place in public domain, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1595945
Esophageal carcinoma	Dysphagia Odynophagia- fluids and soft foods are usually tolerated, while hard or bulky substances (such as bread or meat) cause much more difficulty Weight loss Pain, often of a burning nature, may be severe and worsened by swallowing, and can be spasmodic in character Nausea and vomiting	Upper GI endoscopy and esophageal biopsy the gold standard for the diagnosis of esophageal CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2587715
Corckscrew esophagus	Retrosternal chest pain that presents with or without food intake. The condition is not progressive and not causing complications.	Barium swallow shows the characteristic corckscrew appearance of the esophagus. Corckscrew esophagus - Case courtesy of Radswiki, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 11680
Esophageal stricture	Patient may present with the symptoms of the underlying GERD. Dysphagia and odynophagia.	Barium esophagography provides information about the site and the diameter of the stricture before the endoscopic intervention. Peptic stricture - By Samir धर्म - From en.wikipedia.org, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1931423

References

↑ Sugimachi K, Inokuchi K, Kuwano H, Ooiwa T (1984). "Acute gastritis clinically classified in accordance with data from both upper GI series and endoscopy". Scand J Gastroenterol. 19 (1): 31–7. PMID 6710074.
↑ Sipponen P, Maaroos HI (2015). "Chronic gastritis". Scand J Gastroenterol. 50 (6): 657–67. doi:10.3109/00365521.2015.1019918. PMC 4673514. PMID 25901896.
↑ Sartor RB (2006). "Mechanisms of disease: pathogenesis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis". Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 3 (7): 390–407. doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0528. PMID 16819502.
↑ Sipponen P (1989). "Atrophic gastritis as a premalignant condition". Ann Med. 21 (4): 287–90. PMID 2789799.
↑ Badillo R, Francis D (2014). "Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease". World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. 5 (3): 105–12. doi:10.4292/wjgpt.v5.i3.105. PMC 4133436. PMID 25133039.
↑ Ramakrishnan K, Salinas RC (2007). "Peptic ulcer disease". Am Fam Physician. 76 (7): 1005–12. PMID 17956071.
↑ Banasch M, Schmitz F (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma in the era of proton pump inhibitors". Wien Klin Wochenschr. 119 (19–20): 573–8. doi:10.1007/s00508-007-0884-2. PMID 17985090.
↑ Dicken BJ, Bigam DL, Cass C, Mackey JR, Joy AA, Hamilton SM (2005). "Gastric adenocarcinoma: review and considerations for future directions". Ann Surg. 241 (1): 27–39. PMC 1356843. PMID 15621988.
↑ Ghimire P, Wu GY, Zhu L (2011). "Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma". World J Gastroenterol. 17 (6): 697–707. doi:10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.697. PMC 3042647. PMID 21390139.
↑ Ferri, Fred (2015). Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 978-0323083751.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Boeckxstaens GE, Zaninotto G, Richter JE (2013). "Achalasia". Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60651-0. PMID 23871090.

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[pmid6710074-1] Sugimachi K, Inokuchi K, Kuwano H, Ooiwa T (1984). "Acute gastritis clinically classified in accordance with data from both upper GI series and endoscopy". Scand J Gastroenterol. 19 (1): 31–7. PMID 6710074.

[pmid25901896-2] Sipponen P, Maaroos HI (2015). "Chronic gastritis". Scand J Gastroenterol. 50 (6): 657–67. doi:10.3109/00365521.2015.1019918. PMC 4673514. PMID 25901896.

[pmid16819502-3] Sartor RB (2006). "Mechanisms of disease: pathogenesis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis". Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 3 (7): 390–407. doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0528. PMID 16819502.

[pmid2789799-4] Sipponen P (1989). "Atrophic gastritis as a premalignant condition". Ann Med. 21 (4): 287–90. PMID 2789799.

[pmid25133039-5] Badillo R, Francis D (2014). "Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease". World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. 5 (3): 105–12. doi:10.4292/wjgpt.v5.i3.105. PMC 4133436. PMID 25133039.

[pmid17956071-6] Ramakrishnan K, Salinas RC (2007). "Peptic ulcer disease". Am Fam Physician. 76 (7): 1005–12. PMID 17956071.

[pmid17985090-7] Banasch M, Schmitz F (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma in the era of proton pump inhibitors". Wien Klin Wochenschr. 119 (19–20): 573–8. doi:10.1007/s00508-007-0884-2. PMID 17985090.

[pmid15621988-8] Dicken BJ, Bigam DL, Cass C, Mackey JR, Joy AA, Hamilton SM (2005). "Gastric adenocarcinoma: review and considerations for future directions". Ann Surg. 241 (1): 27–39. PMC 1356843. PMID 15621988.

[pmid21390139-9] Ghimire P, Wu GY, Zhu L (2011). "Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma". World J Gastroenterol. 17 (6): 697–707. doi:10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.697. PMC 3042647. PMID 21390139.

[10] Ferri, Fred (2015). Ferri's clinical advisor 2015 : 5 books in 1. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 978-0323083751.

[pmid23871090-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Boeckxstaens GE, Zaninotto G, Richter JE (2013). "Achalasia". Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60651-0. PMID 23871090.

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-Gastroesophageal reflux disease must be differentiated from:<ref name="pmid6710074">{{cite journal| author=Sugimachi K, Inokuchi K, Kuwano H, Ooiwa T| title=Acute gastritis clinically classified in accordance with data from both upper GI series and endoscopy. | journal=Scand J Gastroenterol | year= 1984 | volume= 19 | issue= 1 | pages= 31-7 | pmid=6710074 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6710074  }} </ref><ref name="pmid25901896">{{cite journal| author=Sipponen P, Maaroos HI| title=Chronic gastritis. | journal=Scand J Gastroenterol | year= 2015 | volume= 50 | issue= 6 | pages= 657-67 | pmid=25901896 | doi=10.3109/00365521.2015.1019918 | pmc=4673514 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25901896  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16819502">{{cite journal| author=Sartor RB| title=Mechanisms of disease: pathogenesis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol | year= 2006 | volume= 3 | issue= 7 | pages= 390-407 | pmid=16819502 | doi=10.1038/ncpgasthep0528 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16819502  }} </ref><ref name="pmid2789799">{{cite journal| author=Sipponen P| title=Atrophic gastritis as a premalignant condition. | journal=Ann Med | year= 1989 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 287-90 | pmid=2789799 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2789799  }} </ref><ref name="pmid25133039">{{cite journal| author=Badillo R, Francis D| title=Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. | journal=World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther | year= 2014 | volume= 5 | issue= 3 | pages= 105-12 | pmid=25133039 | doi=10.4292/wjgpt.v5.i3.105 | pmc=4133436 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25133039  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17956071">{{cite journal| author=Ramakrishnan K, Salinas RC| title=Peptic ulcer disease. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2007 | volume= 76 | issue= 7 | pages= 1005-12 | pmid=17956071 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17956071  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17985090">{{cite journal| author=Banasch M, Schmitz F| title=Diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma in the era of proton pump inhibitors. | journal=Wien Klin Wochenschr | year= 2007 | volume= 119 | issue= 19-20 | pages= 573-8 | pmid=17985090 | doi=10.1007/s00508-007-0884-2 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17985090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15621988">{{cite journal| author=Dicken BJ, Bigam DL, Cass C, Mackey JR, Joy AA, Hamilton SM| title=Gastric adenocarcinoma: review and considerations for future directions. | journal=Ann Surg | year= 2005 | volume= 241 | issue= 1 | pages= 27-39 | pmid=15621988 | doi= | pmc=1356843 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15621988  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21390139">{{cite journal| author=Ghimire P, Wu GY, Zhu L| title=Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma. | journal=World J Gastroenterol | year= 2011 | volume= 17 | issue= 6 | pages= 697-707 | pmid=21390139 | doi=10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.697 | pmc=3042647 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21390139  }} </ref>
+* '''The table below differentiates Gastritis from other conditions:'''<ref name="pmid6710074">{{cite journal| author=Sugimachi K, Inokuchi K, Kuwano H, Ooiwa T| title=Acute gastritis clinically classified in accordance with data from both upper GI series and endoscopy. | journal=Scand J Gastroenterol | year= 1984 | volume= 19 | issue= 1 | pages= 31-7 | pmid=6710074 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6710074  }} </ref><ref name="pmid25901896">{{cite journal| author=Sipponen P, Maaroos HI| title=Chronic gastritis. | journal=Scand J Gastroenterol | year= 2015 | volume= 50 | issue= 6 | pages= 657-67 | pmid=25901896 | doi=10.3109/00365521.2015.1019918 | pmc=4673514 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25901896  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16819502">{{cite journal| author=Sartor RB| title=Mechanisms of disease: pathogenesis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. | journal=Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol | year= 2006 | volume= 3 | issue= 7 | pages= 390-407 | pmid=16819502 | doi=10.1038/ncpgasthep0528 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16819502  }} </ref><ref name="pmid2789799">{{cite journal| author=Sipponen P| title=Atrophic gastritis as a premalignant condition. | journal=Ann Med | year= 1989 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 287-90 | pmid=2789799 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2789799  }} </ref><ref name="pmid25133039">{{cite journal| author=Badillo R, Francis D| title=Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. | journal=World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther | year= 2014 | volume= 5 | issue= 3 | pages= 105-12 | pmid=25133039 | doi=10.4292/wjgpt.v5.i3.105 | pmc=4133436 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25133039  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17956071">{{cite journal| author=Ramakrishnan K, Salinas RC| title=Peptic ulcer disease. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2007 | volume= 76 | issue= 7 | pages= 1005-12 | pmid=17956071 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17956071  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17985090">{{cite journal| author=Banasch M, Schmitz F| title=Diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma in the era of proton pump inhibitors. | journal=Wien Klin Wochenschr | year= 2007 | volume= 119 | issue= 19-20 | pages= 573-8 | pmid=17985090 | doi=10.1007/s00508-007-0884-2 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17985090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15621988">{{cite journal| author=Dicken BJ, Bigam DL, Cass C, Mackey JR, Joy AA, Hamilton SM| title=Gastric adenocarcinoma: review and considerations for future directions. | journal=Ann Surg | year= 2005 | volume= 241 | issue= 1 | pages= 27-39 | pmid=15621988 | doi= | pmc=1356843 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15621988  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21390139">{{cite journal| author=Ghimire P, Wu GY, Zhu L| title=Primary gastrointestinal lymphoma. | journal=World J Gastroenterol | year= 2011 | volume= 17 | issue= 6 | pages= 697-707 | pmid=21390139 | doi=10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.697 | pmc=3042647 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21390139  }} </ref>
-<div style="width: 85%;">
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
-! rowspan="3" |Disease
+| colspan="13" style="background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Differential Diagnosis'''}}
-! rowspan="3" |Cause
+|+
-! colspan="9" |Symptoms
+| rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Disease'''}}
-!Diagnosis
+| rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Cause'''}}
-! rowspan="3" |Other findings
+| colspan="9" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Symptoms'''}}
+| style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Diagnosis'''}}
+| rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Other findings'''}}
 |-
-! colspan="3" |Pain
+| colspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Pain'''}}
-! rowspan="2" |Nausea
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Nausea & Vomiting'''}}
-&
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Heartburn'''}}
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Belching or Bloating'''}}
-Vomiting
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Weight loss'''}}
-! rowspan="2" |Heartburn
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Loss of Appetite'''}}
-! rowspan="2" |Belching or
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Stools'''}}
-Bloating
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Endoscopy findings'''}}
-! rowspan="2" |Weight loss
-! rowspan="2" |Loss of
-Appetite
-! rowspan="2" |Stools
-! rowspan="2" |Endoscopy findings
 |-
-!Location
+| rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Location'''}}
-!Aggravating Factors
+| rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Aggravating Factors'''}}
-!Alleviating Factors
+| rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" align="center" |{{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Alleviating Factors'''}}
 |-
-![[Acute gastritis]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Acute gastritis]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]''
 * [[NSAIDS]]
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 |Food
 |[[Antacids]]
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
-|?
+|✔
 |[[Melena|Black stools]]
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-* Pangastritis or antral [[gastritis]]
+* [[Pangastritis]] or antral [[gastritis]]
 * [[Gastric erosion|Erosive]] (Superficial, deep, hemorrhagic)
 * Nonerosive (''[[H. pylori]]'')
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |-
-![[Gastritis|Chronic gastritis]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Gastritis|Chronic gastritis]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]''
 * [[Alcohol]]
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 |Food
 |[[Antacids]]
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |''[[H. pylori]] [[gastritis]]''
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 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |-
-![[Atrophic gastritis]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Atrophic gastritis]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]''
 * [[Autoimmune disease]]
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-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |''[[H. pylori]]''
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 |
 * [[Iron deficiency anemia]]
-Autoimmune gastritis diagnosis include:
+*Autoimmune gastritis diagnosis includes:
-* Antiparietal and anti-IF antibodies
+**Antiparietal and anti-IF antibodies
-* [[Achlorhydria]] and hypergastrinemia
+**[[Achlorhydria]] and hypergastrinemia
-* Low serum [[vitamin B12|cobalamine]]
+**Low serum [[vitamin B12|cobalamine]]
 |-
-![[Crohn's disease]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Crohn's disease]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * [[Autoimmune disease]]
 |
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 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |
 * Chronic [[diarrhea]] often bloody with [[pus]] or [[mucus]]
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 * [[Anemia]] ([[pernicious anemia]])
 |-
-![[GERD]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[GERD]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * Lower esophageal sphincter abnormalities
 * [[Hiatal hernia]]
 * Abnormal esophageal contractions
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 * [[Antacids]]
 * Head elevation during sleep
-|?
+|✔
 (Suspect delayed gastric emptying)
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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 |
 * [[Esophagitis]]
-* Barrette esophagus
+* [[Barrette's esophagus]]
 * [[Strictures]]
 |Other symptoms:
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 * Barrette esophagus
 |-
-![[Peptic ulcer disease]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Peptic ulcer disease]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]''
 * [[Smoking]]
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 * [[Right upper quadrant pain]]
 |
- '''[[Duodenal ulcer]]'''
+'''[[Duodenal ulcer]]'''
 *Pain aggravates with empty stomach
 '''[[Gastric ulcer]]'''
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 * [[Duodenal ulcer]]
 :*Pain alleviates with food
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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 * [[Biopsy]]
 |-
-![[Gastrinoma]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Gastrinoma]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * Associated with [[MEN type 1]]
 |
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 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
-|?
+|✔
 (suspect [[gastric outlet obstruction]])
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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 * [[CT]] and [[MRI]]
 |-
-![[Gastric Cancer|Gastric Adenocarcinoma]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Gastric Cancer|Gastric Adenocarcinoma]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]'' infection
 * Smoked and salted food
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 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
-|?
+|✔
 |
 * [[Melena|Black stools]], or blood in stools
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 * Frequent [[burping]]
 |-
-![[Gastric lymphoma|Primary gastric lymphoma]]
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |[[Gastric lymphoma|Primary gastric lymphoma]]
-|
+| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
 * ''[[H. pylori]]'' infection
 |
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 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
-|?
+|✔
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
 |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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 |}
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