[Peptic ulcer and liver pathology (an analysis of 6456 autopsy observations during 1983-1992)].

The incidence of various forms of stomach ulcer, their combination with liver diseases and pathogenetic relationships of these two pathological types have been studied on the material of 6456 autopsy cases for 1983-1992. High incidence of nonspecific reactive hepatitis in both gastric and duodenal ulcer and that of liver cirrhosis and cirrhosis-carcinoma in the pyloro-duodenal ulcer is established. A role of gastrin as a promoter in the development of liver cirrhosis and carcinoma in pyloroduodenal ulcer is suggested. The role of nonspecific reactive hepatitis in chronization of the hepatic pathological process is not excluded.