Barrett's metaplasia among children. Our experience

The prevalence of Barrett's esophagus is increasing with age. The occurrence of metaplasia is elevating the risk up to about 10 percent for the occurrence of adenocarcinoma in the oesophagus. The aim of our study was to compare our data with presented data in the literature, and to find symptoms which could correlate with the histological finding. Method of the study was a retrospective analysis of the data of endoscopical investigations of a two year period. Between 06.02.2003.-07.03.2005. we performed 89o upper endoscopical investigations at our pediatric gastroenterological department. The age of our patients…