to clarify the effect of γδ t cells and invariant natural killer t (inkt) cells in pathophysiology of dyspeptic disorders, number of these two cells in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia (nud), peptic ulcer disease (pud), and gastric cancer (gc) were compared.patients with dyspepsia were divided into three groups of nud, pud, and gc according to their endoscopic and histopathological examination...

The single case recorded here falls naturally into three chapters. (1) A previously healthy female baby began at the age of six months to suffer from vomiting which continued more or less up to the age of seven years. (2) At seven she showed extreme gastromegaly from obstruction to the evacuation of the stomach which operation discovered to be due to a chronic cicatrizing duodenal ulcer. Gastro...

A 88-year-old male patient presented with fever, singultus and retrosternal pain. After 8 days of antibiotic therapy not resulting in clinical improvement, he suddenly developed a pneumopericardium. Contrast swallow and endoscopy showed intrapericardial perforation of a benign gastric ulcer. Excision of the ulcer and suturing of both the stomach and the diaphragm as well as lavage of the perica...

Gastric ulcer is a serious condition that results from the wearing/tearing of stomach mucosa. A physiological equilibrium maintained between mucosal defense and aggressive factors. In this study, effectiveness medicinal plants (Hypericum perforatum) in management gastric was compared to omeprazole, well-known drug for ulcer. This study involved numerous groups male rats comprising following: fi...

This paper reports the role of seromucoid estimations in the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Oesophageal varices, peptic ulcer, and carcinoma of the stomach tend to be divided by low, normal, and high levels respectively.

This remarkable and paradigm-breaking discovery showed that bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes inflammation of the stomach or gastritis as well as the ulceration of the duodenum or the first part of the small intestines that is connected to the stomach. This discovery led to a radical change in the treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease which now includes eradication of the bacteria and not just g...