Diagnostic role of serum neutrohilic / lymphocytic and platelet / lymphocytic ratio in upper gastrointestinal lesions in correlation with histopathological results of endoscopic ultrasonography and upper gastrointestinal endoscpic biopsies

Abstract

Sub mucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract are now considered to be a frequently found during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and they are characterized by wide diversity in their nature, although most of them are known to be benign lesions, there always have a potentially malignant risk. Endosonographic ultra sound was found be the “Gold standard” for diagnosis however, recently there is a great interests in studying other simple tools which can be less invasive, more accessible, simpler and most important of all cost effective. One of the most studied tools were the effect of serum inflammatory markers as neutrophils, platelets and lymphocytes in the cancer promotion and their significance in the early detection of different types of malignancies and their prognosis so achieving a diagnosis in the perfect time for the tumor resection or other treatment modalities