We read with interest the article by Cruz et al regarding “Gastrointestinal Tract Reconstruction in Adults With Ultra-Short-Bowel Syndrome: Surgical and Nutritional Outcomes” published Surgery. 1 Jr., R.J. McGurgan J. Butera L. al. Gastrointestinal tract reconstruction adult ultra-short bowel syndrome: surgical nutritional outcomes. 2020; 168: 297-304 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (4) Go...

Loss of intestinal immune regulation leading to aberrant immune responses to the commensal microbiota are believed to precipitate the chronic inflammation observed in the gastrointestinal tract of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Innate immune receptors that recognize conserved components derived from the microbiota are widely expressed by...

Celiac disease is a gluten-dependent intestinal disorder that appears to be associated with several clinical conditions. Some involve the luminal mucosa of the stomach and intestinal tract and may, occasionally, complicate the course of celiac disease. Collagenous colitis has been associated with celiac disease and may lead to chronic diarrhea. Conversely, some of these clinical disorders that ...

Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone.

This review focuses on diarrhea caused by toxins released by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. These bacteria are known to produce toxins that have adverse effects on the intestinal tissue in Man and animals. E. coli is contracted through the ingestion of water or food contaminated by this bacterium. Generally, E. coli colonizes the intestinal mucosa where it multiplies and causes damage to the...

Neuroendocrine tumours constitute heterogenous group of cancers that arise from cells in our body which have neuroendocrine cells-mostly gastro intestinal tract and lungs. They are further divided into low grade, high grade poorly differentiated ones. It is rare pregnancy it poses diagnostic challenge even among experts the speciality. So, multi-disciplinary approach to management carcinomas (N...

Mammals coexist in an overall symbiotic relationship with a complex array of commensal bacterial flora that colonizes the gastrointestinal tract. These intestinal bacteria interface with cells of the mucosal immune system, including DCs. Here we discuss mechanisms of interaction between intestinal bacteria and DCs and the role of localized gastrointestinal immune responses.

From its known properties "soframycin" appears to be valuable for intestinal antisepsis since it has a broad spectrum. The intestinal bacteria are sensitive to it, it acts rapidly, is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and is well tolerated by mouth.

Alimentary tract duplications are epithelial-lined cystic or tubular structures attached to bowel wall and supplied by mesenteric vessels. Association between intestinal malrotation and duplication cyst, especially of jejunal location is rarely mentioned in literature [1-5]. We are reporting a rare coexistence of isolated jejunal duplication cyst and malrotation in a neonate with intestinal obs...

Keeling, J. W., and Harries, J. T. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 350. Intestinal malabsorption in infants with histiocytosis X. An infant with histiocytosis X had unequivocal evidence of intestinal malabsorption which was associated with histiocytic infiltration of the small intestine. 11 other fatal cases where histological material from the gastrointestinal tract was available...