Endoscopy guided gastrointestinal biopsy finding in a tertiary care hospital of eastern india

Background: Patients often present with gastrointestinal complaints which may be due to benign or malignant lesions. Endoscopy and biopsy help to reach proper diagnosis.
Material and method: A retrospective record based study at Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India.
Results: Out of 109 patients undergone endoscopy guided biopsy 57.8% were male, rest female. Most common biopsy site was stomach, esophagus, duodenum, rectum, caecum were among the others. Most common finding was benign ulcer (46.79%), adenocarcinoma was most common malignant lesion (35.79%).
Conclusion: Biopsy is an important tool to diagnose benign and malignant lesions of gastrointestinal tract.