Abstract
Background
Autoimmune and multifocal atrophic gastritis (AG) are at risk for gastric neoplastic
lesions. European guidelines recommend surveillance with high-quality endoscopy every
3 years.
Aim
To prospectively investigate the occurrence of gastric neoplastic lesions at the 3-year
follow-up in patients with autoimmune and multifocal AG.
Methods
Longitudinal cohort study conducted between 2011 and 2019: consecutive patients with
histological diagnosis of autoimmune or multifocal AG underwent follow-up gastroscopy
3 years after diagnosis with high-resolution-narrow-band-imaging endoscopes.
Results
Overall, 160 patients were included(F117(73.0%);median age 66(35–87)years). Autoimmune
and multifocal AG were present in 122(76.3%) and 38(23.7%) patients, respectively.
At the 3-year follow-up, 16(10.0%) patients presented 16 gastric neoplastic lesions:
3(18.7%) gastric cancers, 4(25.0%) low-grade dysplasia, 2(12.5%) low-grade dysplasia
adenomas, 7(43.7%) type-1 neuroendocrine tumours. In these patients, OLGA and OLGIM
III/IV stages were present in 4(25.0)% and 1(6.3%), respectively; 11(69.0%) presented
autoimmune AG, and all but one(93.7%) had parietal cells antibodies positivity (p = 0.026 vs patients without lesions). All lesions were endoscopically(87.5%) or surgically(12.5%)
treated with favourable outcome. Age>70 years was associated with a 9-fold higher
probability of developing gastric epithelial neoplastic lesions (OR 9.6,95CI% 1.2–79.4,p = 0.0359).
Conclusions
The first endoscopic surveillance 3 years after diagnosis seems safe for autoimmune
and multifocal AG patients and should be offered to elderly patients who are at higher
risk for gastric neoplasia.
Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: November 13, 2020
Accepted:
October 29,
2020
Received:
September 10,
2020
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