Polyposis of Gastro-intestinal Tract: the Peutz Syndrome

Peutz Jeghers syndrome (gastro-intestinal polyposis) and its complications.

A rare case of multiple jejunal poiyps, presenting as an acute abdominal emergency with complications of mtussusception and gangrene is discussed. The relevant features of Peutz Jegher’s syndrome and the surgical management of it’s complications are highlighted (JPMA 35 : 154, 1985).

Functional Disorders of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

Infections of the gastro-intestinal tract.

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Autoimmune disease of the gastro-intestinal tract.

DURING the past decade it has become widely accepted that the body might, under certain circumstances, react immunologically to its own antigens in a way which is harmful to the organism. The mechanism whereby tissue damage occurs and the relationship between such autoimmune processes and immunological responses provoked by exogenous antigens remains uncertain. It would seem that both circulati...

Diabetes and the gastro-intestinal tract.

The autonomic nervous supply to the gut is affected by long standing diabetes. These may be responsible for the disorders of the gut. Segmental demy-elination, reduction in size of the neurons, altered vasoactive intestinal poly-pepticle (VIP), somatostatin (SS) and substance P in these neurons supplying the gut and axonal degeneration in the meissneri plexus are the abnormalities found in diab...