BACKGROUND The diagnosis of obstructive jaundice relies on proper history taking, clinical examination, laboratory investigations and different non invasive imaging modalities like Ultrasonography (USG), Cholangio Computed Tomography (CCT), Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) with Magnetic Resonance Cholangio Pancreatography (MRCP) and invasive modalities like endoscopic retrograde cholangiography...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is helpful for evaluating the depth of tumor invasion and lymph node metastasis of rectal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical impact of EUS for rectal NETs less than 10 mm in diameter. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 76 rectal NETs treated at our hospital between June 2006 and March 2013 were reviewe...

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has recently emerged as a most accurate, less invasive and easily repeatable alternative means of providing data on patients with portal hypertension. It is well established that video-echo endoscopy, with combined endoscopic and sonographic examination is comparable to endoscopy in diagnosing esophageal varices, but is more sensitive in diagnosing the presence ...

Although gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) comprise less than 1% of all gastrointestinal (GI) tract tumors, they are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the GI tract. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors can occur anywhere along the GI tract, but the stomach and small intestine are the most frequently involved sites. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are frequently asymptomatic, and one-third ...

abstract acase of 48-year-old male, hepatitis b cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice, fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. he was suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic failure. the presence of dilated common bil...