BACKGROUND Duodenal diverticulum is a little-known pathology. The duodenum represents second place in frequency for the presence of diverticula in the digestive tract after the colon. Duodenal diverticulum as a cause of hemorrhage of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been described as an infrequent complication, although it must be considered in patients with digestive hemorrhage withou...

ing. If done early in the course of the work-up, CE shortens the time to diagnosis and spares a number of alternative investigations with lower diagnostic yield. Taken together this seems appealing to doctors. A somewhat puzzling fact is that, in the majority of studies done so far for established indications, in only a small proportion of patients does CE have a real impact on the clinical out...

multiple esophageal diverticula is a rare entity that may be seen in the course of esophageal motor disorders. herein, i reported a 45 year-old man presented with intermittent chest pain and dysphagia since 20 years ago that exaggerated during the last six months. barium swallow and upper gi endoscopy revealed multiple diverticula along the esophagus and his esophageal manometry showed high amp...

Modelling A decision tree model was constructed to examine the costs and benefits of NSAIDs versus COX-2 inhibitors in a hypothetical cohort of 60-year-old patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. The patients did not have GI symptoms. Those with a history of ulcer complications were not considered in the base-case, but were considered in an alternative scenario. The time horizon o...

To determine the risk of bacteraemia following upper Cl endoscopy, 93 patients were studied. Blood samples were collected for cultures just before, 5 minutes and one hour after the procedure. Cases were subjected lo diagnostic upper GI endoscopy or sclerotherapy. The rate of bacteraemia was 15.1% which was significantly higher in cases subjected 10 sclerolherapy (29%) than in diagnostic GI endo...

BACKGROUND Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) causes morbidity and mortality in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). This study assessed the distribution of GvHD in gastrointestinal (GI) biopsies from the upper and lower GI tract in pediatric patients who had undergone SCT and evaluated if there was correlation between biopsy findings and possible extra-intestinal manifest...

Occult or obscure GI bleeding can occur from any site between the nose and the anus. This is typically revealed by iron deficiency anemia or guaiac positive stools. Diagnostic evaluation includes upper and lower GI endoscopy and possibly examination of the small intestine if the source remains unclear. Often no specific etiology is determined and the occult bleeding ceases. When a source is ide...

Methods Blood was collected for PTEN mutation analysis and medical records were requested to document diagnoses. Patients who are PTEN+ with ≥5 GI polyps, ≥1 of which is hyperplastic (hyp) or hamartomatous (ham, n=4) or who met relaxed ICC criteria (n=118) were analyzed. Upper and lower GI endoscopy and pathology reports were reviewed and findings are reported descriptively. Fisher’s 2-tailed e...

Despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis of esophageal adenocarcinoma remains poor highlighting the importance of early detection. Although white light (WL) upper endoscopy can be used for screening of the esophagus, it has limited sensitivity for early stage disease. Thus, development of new imaging technology to improve the diagnostic capabilities of upper GI end...

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome is a rare condition characterised bymultiorgan venousmalformations, in particular of cutaneous area and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. We report here a child with chronic iron deficiency anaemia, melena and skin lesions. She had severe hypochromic microcytic anaemia. Upper and lower endoscopy revealed hundreds of red-bluish polypoid lesions involving the entire...