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Chronic duodenitis: types

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Professor Orem SHIBOLET

Hepatologist

Alexey Kryvenko, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

There is no generally accepted classification of chronic duodenitis. Based on the work of V. Kh. Vasilenko, A. L. Grebenev (1981), V. G. Avdeev (1996), P. Ya. Grigoriev, A. V. Yakovenko (1997), it is possible to classify chronic duodenitis in the following way.

Etiology:
1. Primary.
2. Secondary.
Localization:
1. Diffuse or total.
2. Local.
3. Duodenitis in the region of the large duodenal papilla (papillitis).
4. Duodenitis proximal (bulbitis).
5. Duodenitis of the distal part.
Clinical options:
1. Ulcer-like.
2. Gastric like.
3. Cholecystitic.
4. Pancreatitis-like.
5. Mixed.
6. Latent.
Morphological picture:
1. Surface.
2. Diffuse.
3. Atrophic.
4. Erosive.
Stage (phase) of the current.
1. Exacerbation.
2. Remission.

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Chronic duodenitis: types

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