Abstract
A recurrence pattern of linear ulcer scars of the stomach was analyzed on the basis of the endoscopic follow-up stuties of the scars. One hundred and nine patients with linear scars were followed up every 4 to 6 mouths for 10 years from 1967 to 1976 at the Second Department of Internal Medicine of Fukushima Medical College. An assumption of prognosis of the linear ulcer scars was proposed on the basis of the following results. 1. The location of the linear ulcer scars was restricted to the gastric angle and its adjacent area. 2. There were 96 patients with recurrence and 13 patients without recurrence of ulcer, a recurrent. 3. Ulcer was not observed in the same area as the preexisting one. The recurrence patterns ulcers were divided into 4 types; A, B, C, and D, according to correlation of location between a recurrent ulcer and prexisting ulcer scar (Table 1) . 4. The recurrence pattern tends to be similar to that of a preexisting ulcer scar (Table 4) . 5. A close correlation between a recurrence pattern and the length of a scar was observed(Table 2 and Figure 12). 6. Hypothetical diagram of the course of a linear ulcer was proposed on the basis of length of a scar and an ulcer recurrence pattern (Figure 14). 7. Therefore, a prognosis of a liner ulcer could be assumed from a recurrence pattern and length of a scar (Table 6).
