BACKGROUND Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomally dominant inherited disorder characterized by multiple pigmented skin spots (café-au-lait spots) and neurofibroma. NF1 is associated with a wide variety of benign or malignant tumors. We report a NF1 patient who received surgical treatment for rectal carcinoma and multifocal small intestinal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). CA...

A 70-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) for marked asthenia and severe anemia. In addition, a high level of lipase found. During hospitalization, locally advanced gastric cancer diagnosed, with endoscopic evidence large polyploid formation originating under cardias that occupied most lumen. total body CT scan performed before surgery; tumor affected posterior wall, tenac...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Small intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is a frequent, potentially life threatening phenomenon. There is a lack of non-invasive diagnostic modalities. For many intestinal diseases, visualizing the intestinal mucosa using endoscopy is gold standard. However, limited knowledge exists on small intestinal IR-induced, early mucosal changes. The aims of this study were to...

OBJECTIVE Turmeric (Curcuma Longa Linn) is a medicinal plant that contains curcumin. There is a growing interest in using curcumin powder (CP) as feed additives for antioxidative and antimicrobial properties to improve human health. This study was conducted to determine the appropriate levels of CP on blood parameters, immunity, and histology of jejunum in hens. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total ...

Yehiyan A, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223644 Description A 48-year-old non-smoking man underwent laparotomy for peritonitis immediately after taking ibuprofen 800 mg 6 hourly for 14 days for back pain. His only other medication was long-term omeprazole 20 mg per day. At operation he had three separate perforations in his proximal jejunum. Fifteen centimetres of jejunum were ...

We previously suggested in the in vitro mouse jejunum that when the primary epithelial barrier on the villi was largely disabled, a secondary mucosal barrier substitutes for the primary one. This study showed that the mucosal Ca(2+) removal did not further deteriorate the histology but increased transmural conductance and lucifer yellow flux, and decreased forskolin-induced potential difference...

A 66-year-old woman was operated on in 1988 for an endometrial adenocarcinoma, after which she received adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient presented with 6month, progressive iron-deficiency anemia. A complete endoscopic study (esophago-gastrosco-duodenoscopy and ileocolonoscopy) was performed; mucosal edema with superficial whitish spots in the terminal ileum (fig. 1A) was observed. Nonspecific...

INTRODUCTION Selected IgA deficiency (IgAD) and common variable immune deficiency (CVID) are humoral immunity deficiencies frequent in children. In both these types of immunodeficiency, autoimmune diseases are present in 20-30% of patients, but the disease profiles are different between adults and children. Autoimmune diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (IBD) and celiac disease are typical f...

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of xylo-oligosaccharide and xylanase supplementation on growth performance, carcass characteristics, nutrient digestibility, intestinal histology broilers. Six hundred day-old chicks (ROSS-308) were divided into four experimental groups (i.e. T1, T2, T3, T4). Each unit had six replicates 25 chicks/replicate. Following treatments offered:...

fecaloma is a mass of hardened feces being impacted mostly in rectum and sigmoid. the most common sites of the fecaloma is the sigmoid colon and the rectum. there are several causes of fecaloma and have been described in association with hirschsprung’s disease, psychiatric patients, chagas disease, both inflammatory and neoplastic, and in patients suffering with chronic constipation. up to now ...