This high incidence of the upper alimentary tract carcinomas in India obviously cannot be accidental. A previous study (Shanta and Krishnamurthi, 1959) suggested that the critical factors were essentially environmental and that any racial pre-disposition could be totally excluded. That study also eliminated preexisting diseases like tuberculosis, diabetes, virus infections, etc., as of any sign...

Gut publishes original papers and reviews concerned with practice and research in gastroenterology. The field is that of basic science and physiology pertaining to the alimentary tract, the liver and pancreas and that of alimentary, hepatic, biliary or pancreatic disease. Papers may deal with medical, surgical, or epidemiological aspects or with imaging. A case report will be accepted only if i...

Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is defined as a lobular benign capillary hemangioma that occurs in the skin, upper respiratory tract and mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity’s. Apart from oral cavity, it is rarely seen in the alimentary tract. These cases have been predominantly reported in the esophagus and intestine (1). Although the etiological factors of PG infection include mechanical irritation an...