â  zygomycosis is regarded as a rare fetal infection in diabetics and other immunocompromised patients. the usual manifestations of this infection are: rhinosinusitis, pansinusitis, rhino-orbital and rhiâ­nocerebral. primary gastrointestinal (gi) zygomycosis is a rare disâ­ease with a high mortality rate. the stomach is the most common site involved in gi mucormycosis. there are few reported ca...

BACKGROUND Probiotics are widely used to improve gastrointestinal (GI) health, but they may also be useful to prevent or treat gynaecological disorders, including bacterial vaginosis (BV) and candidiasis. BV prevalence is high in South Africa and is associated with increased HIV risk and pregnancy complications. We aimed to assess the availability of probiotics for vaginal health in retail stor...

BACKGROUND Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patient frequently report upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms; however their prevalence and diagnostic approach is not well known. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to study clinical, endoscopic and histopathological changes in HIV infected patients with upper GI symptoms and their correlation with CD4 count. MATERIALS AND METH...

Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains one of the most common encounters in emergency medicine. The increased use of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs by the general population and the increased prescription of anti-platelet agents and anti-coagulants after cardiovascular interventions and for prevention of cerebral vascular accidents may have aggravated the situation. Significant...

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...

BACKGROUND Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common medical emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation depends on the amount and location of hemorrhage and the endoscopic profile varies according to different etiology. At present, there are limited epidemiological data on upper GI bleed and associated mortality from India, especially in the ...

conclusions the plants listed can be used as a prediction of rau management. of course, there are is no evidence for curing rau by some of these plants in allopathic medicine, and the further investigations in this area could lead to the discovery of a new drug evidence acquisition iranian medical sources were reviewed and effective plants used in the traditional treatment of rau were found and...

background gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gist) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal (gi) tract. they are usually c-kit positive and seen slightly more common in men. these tumors are seen in the gi tract from the esophagus to the anus with occasional invasion or metastasis. method in this retrospective study, we evaluated the prevalence of c-kit positive stromal tum...

OBJECTIVE To retrospectively evaluate the CT findings and clinicopathologic features in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) involvement of recurrent renal cell carcinoma (RCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records were reviewed for 15 patients with 19 pathologically proven GI tract metastases of RCC. The CT findings were analyzed to determine the involved sites and type of involvement; l...