[Secondary findings in gastroscopy detected stomach ulcer].

In 478 patients with gastric ulcer 121 times (25.3%) secondary pathological findings were found in the oesophagus, in the stomach and the duodenum. Erosions, scars and polyps were most frequently to be seen. But concomitant pathological findings with high clinical importance, such as carcinoma of the stomach and the oesophagus as well as varicose veins of the oesophagus, could also be established. The demand is of importance to search intensively for further lesions also after diagnosis of the ulcer. From this resulted conclusions, such as operation in carcinoma, continuation of the diagnostics in varicose veins of the oesophagus or control in polyps.