Address correspondence to: Dr. Chintan Modi, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102; Tel: 973-877-5351; Fax: 973-877-2984; E-mail: [email protected] The inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is an uncommon benign tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The tumor was first described in 1949 by Vanek as a gastric submucosal granuloma with eosinophilia.1,2 It has also been...

Amyloidosis, a heterogenous group of disorders, is characterized by the extracellular deposition autologous, insoluble, fibrillar misfolded proteins. These proteins deposit in tissues aggregated s-pleated sheets arranged an antiparallel fashion and cause distortion to tissue architecture function. In current literature, about 60 heterogeneous amyloidogenic have been identified, out which 27 ass...

lipoid proteinosis (lp) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of an amorphous hyaline material in the skin, mucosa and viscera. the classic manifestation is onset in infancy with a hoarse cry due to laryngeal infiltration. skin and mucous changes develope, and the disease follows a slowly progressive course. in this case report, a 49 year-old man presented with a...

The GI tract is the most exposed organ to proteases, both in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. For digestive purposes, the lumen of the upper GI tract contains large amounts of pancreatic proteases, but studies have also demonstrated increased proteolytic activity into mucosal tissues (both in the upper and lower GI tract), associated with pathological conditions. This review aim...

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility function and its regulation is a complex process involving collaboration and communication of multiple cell types such as enteric neurons, interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), and smooth muscle cells. Recent advances in GI research made a better understanding of ICC function and their role in the GI tract, and studies based on different types of techniques have show...

Eosinophilic fasciitis (Schulman's syndrome) is a rare disease with specific clinical symptoms such as the groove sign which facilitate diagnosis. We report a typical case of eosinophilic fasciitis in an otherwise healthy 49-year-old man who presented with "prayer and groove signs". Histological analysis showed sclerosis and eosinophilic infiltration of the fascia. The patient was successfully ...

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis most commonly involves the stomach and proximal small intestine with eosinophilic inflammation of either the mucosa, submucosa or serosa. The patient reported here had isolated eosinophilic colitis. The initial presentation with iron deficiency anaemia owing to occult gastrointestinal blood loss emphasises the need to evaluate the entire gastrointestinal tract in pa...

The precise role that individual inflammatory cells and mediators play in the development of gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction and extraintestinal clinical manifestations of ulcerative colitis (UC) is unknown. In this study, we have used a mouse model of UC to establish a central role for eotaxin and, in turn, eosinophils in the development of the immunopathogenesis of this disease. In this mod...

Drug delivery to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is key for improving treatment of GI maladies, developing oral vaccines, and facilitating drug transport into circulation. However, delivery of formulations to the GI tract is hindered by pH changes, degradative enzymes, mucus, and peristalsis, leading to poor GI retention. Targeting may prolong residence of therapeutics in the GI tract and enhan...