We report the case of a 19-year-old young man with choledoch carcinosarcoma secondary to anastomosis of choledochal cyst and jejunum. The patient suffered from the choledochal cyst and received anastomosis of choledochal cyst and jejunum at 4-year-old. The patient was hospitalized because of abdominal pain, fever and obstructive jaundice. The imaging examination showed a huge heterogeneous tumo...

BACKGROUND The development of new surgical instruments and devices has facilitated the performance of esophagojejunostomy after total gastrectomy. However, total prevention of dehiscence of anastomoses remains difficult. We introduced a new procedure for esophagojejunostomy using a circular stapler, requiring sacrifice of only a small part of the jejunum. METHODS The study group comprised 390...

Inflammatory pseudotumour is a rare cause of intussusception. It consists of a localized, usually polypoid mass that is composed of inflammed fibrous and granulation tissue. We report a case of 42-year old woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and distention of abdomen since one day. X ray abdomen (erect) did not show air fluid level. CT abdomen showed target sign suggestive of intu...

In a patient in whom it was initially difficult to pass the duodenojejunal junction, a long decompression tube was easily inserted using double balloon endoscopy. The patient was a 16-year-old male with bowel obstruction who had undergone proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. A double balloon endoscope was inserted into the jejunum about 50 cm from the ligament of Treitz. A stiff hydrophilic-...

BACKGROUND Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a polypoid lobular capillary hemangioma rarely observed in the gastrointestinal tract. Only a few cases in the small bowel have been described in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 58-year-old man had been suffering from general fatigue and severe anemia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy did not reveal any significant bleeding. Abdominal comput...

Isolated common hepatic artery branch thrombosis with severe gastric ischemia and duodenojejunal infarction is a rare condition; it usually presents with acute abdomen and may be associated with underlying thrombotic risk factors. We present a 35-year-old man admitted to our hospital with five days history of sudden abdominal pain and deteriorating epigastric pain. He was a driver and had no an...

Pharmacological effects of camel urine (CU), its protein precipitate (PP), diluted urine (DU) and chloroformic extract (CE) were investigated. The PP inhibited the spontaneous movements of the isolated rat duodenum at a dose rate of 0.1ml/bath. Diluted female camel urine (0.4 ml/bath) or its protein precipitate (0.8 ml/bath) on rat fundus and rabbit jejunum revealed serotonin like effect which ...

Apolipoprotein AIV (apo AIV) is a satiety protein secreted by the small intestine. We demonstrate for the first time that apo AIV protein and apo AIV mRNA are present in rat hypothalamus, a site intimately involved in the integration of signals for regulation of food intake and energy metabolism. We further characterized the regulation of hypothalamic apo AIV mRNA levels. Food-deprived animals ...

INTRODUCTION Nonspecific small bowel ulcers are rare and there have been limited reports. We applied laparoscopic surgery successfully for the perforation caused by this disease of jejunum. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 70-year-old man visited to our hospital with complaint of abdominal pain and fever. He was diagnosed abdominal peritonitis with findings of intraperitoneal gas and fluid. Emergency l...