Gastrointestinal (GI) auscultation (listening to sounds from stomach and bowel) has been applied for abdominal physical assessment for many years. This article evaluates the technique involved in listening to both bowel and stomach sounds and the significance of both normal and abnormal GI auscultation findings. Moreover, intraluminal ultrasonic techniques have been widely used for gastrointest...

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, including functional bowel diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohnʹs disease (CD) and colitis, afflict more than one in five Americans, particularly women. While some GI disorders may be controlled by diet and pharmaceutical medications, others are poorly moderated by conventional treatments. Symptoms of GI d...

This paper reviews the distribution of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in the human gastro-intestinal (GI) tract, based on ultrastructural and immunohistochemical evidence. The distribution and morphology of ICC at each level of the normal GI tracts is addressed from the perspective of their functional significance. Alterations of ICC reported in as well as in GI stromal tumours are reviewed,...

Vasculitis is an inflammatory disease of blood vessels that can affect all types of vessels in any organ of the body, including the vessels of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It may be secondary to systemic disorders, such as connective tissue disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis), infection (e.g., bacterial endocarditis), malignancy, or drugs. Primary localize...

A recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition reflects a marked change in the importance we now attach to the role of dietary carbohydrates in both managing and retarding the development of non-communicable diseases, with four commentaries: Choosing your carbohydrates to prevent diabetes (Mathers, 2002); Low carbohydrate does not mean low glycaemic index! (Wolever, 2002); Diet, satiety and...

We report 24 cases of multiple myeloma (MM) with involvement of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. We found a strong association with high A lactate dehydrogenase levels, plasmablastic morphology, and A unfavorable karyotype. GI involvement at the time of initial diagnosis was much rarer than later in the course of the disease. The A median survival after diagnosis of GI involvement was 7 months...

Dear Editor, While most cases of acute lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding resolve spontaneously following supportive management, 10% to 15% of patients in whom bleeding persists require further diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.1 The most common causes of massive lower GI bleeding are diverticular disease and angiodysplasia.2 Massive lower GI bleeding resulting from a pseudoaneurysm is ...

Behçet’s disease (BD) is an inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, ocular and skin lesions, and it may be accompanied by vascular, neurological, or gastrointestinal involvement (1). In BD, gastrointestinal (GI) tract involvement is seen about 3%-25% of the patients. GI disease usually affects not only the ileocecal area, but also rarely involves the esophagus,...

In the past decade, mucormycosis has emerged as an important lethal infection in diabetics and other immunocompromised hosts. Rhinosinusitis, pansinusitis, rhino-orbital and rhinocerebral are the common classical manifestations of mucormycosis. However, primary gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis is an uncommon disease associated with a high mortality rate. Stomach is the most common site involv...

Although periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease but some factors of acute inflammation phase are involved in this disease among which is the C-Reactive protein (CRP). To minimize its effects, anti-inflammatory drugs or non-pharmacological approaches such as oral hygiene is recommended. CRP can also be used for the prediction and early detection of periodontal disease. The aim of the pr...