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Abstract

Abstract


Thirty patients with symptoms of oesophagitis and 29 controls were subjected to the acid perfusion test. Fifty-four were endoscoped whereas radiological examination was available only in 20 subjects.
A good correlation was shown between the presence or absence of oesophagitis and a positive or negative acid perfusion test respectively. The test was positive in 86.7% of patients and negative in 89. 7% of controls.
Endoscopic findings correlated less well with presence of oesophagitis. Of 30 patients 29 were endoscoped and only 17 (59%) had positive endoscopic features of oesophagitis. Twenty-five of 29 controls were endoscoped and all had normal oesophageal mucosa.
Radiologically, 12 out of 17 patients (70.6%) who had a positive acid perfusion test, also had radiological features suggestive of oesophagitis