Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
• H. Pylori
• NSAIDs
• Gastric adenocarcinoma
• Gastric lymphoma
• Local drug irritation
• Irritation at the neck of a hiatus hernia (Cameron's ulcer)
• Idiopathic
• Anastomotic ulceration after previous gastric surgery
• After radiotherapy
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma) - particularly for duodenal ulcers
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type-I
• Hyperparathyroidism without multiple endocrine neoplasia type-I
• Systemic mastocytosis
• Severe systemic illness stress ulcers (Cushing's ulcer)
• Idiopathic eosinophilic and lymphocytic gastritis
• Duodenal Crohn's disease
• Coeliac axis stenosis
• Hepatic artery chemotherapy
• Prescribed medicines including bisphosphonates, sirolimus, mycophenolate, corticosteroids (when combined with NSAIDs)
• Recreational drugs including crack cocaine
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