Case 1. D.J.S., a 4i-year-old boy, was admitted to the medical wards of Alder Hey Children's Hospital with a diagnosis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura. On the tenth day the child showed signs of intestinal obstruction and a mass was palpable in the right iliac fossa. He was transferred to the surgical wards with a diagnosis of intussusception. At operation an ileo-ileal intussusception was reduced ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) modulates glucose levels following a meal, including by inhibition of gastric emptying and intestinal transport. Intra-arterial injection of GLP-1 into the gastric corpus, antrum, or pylorus of anesthetized dogs had no effect on the contractile activity of the resting or neurally activated stomach. GLP-1 injected intra-arterially inhibited intestinal segments whe...

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node mapping is the standard of care for patients with malignant melanoma and breast cancer. Recently, SLN mapping was introduced to the field of gastric cancer. OBJECTIVES To evaluate SLN mapping in patients with gastric cancer. METHODS In 43 patients with gastric cancer, open intraoperative subserosal dye injection in four opposing peritumoral points was used. Te...

OBJECTIVES To examine the clinicopathologic profile of leiomyoma in surgically removed uteri in a rural tertiary care hospital of north India between January 2008 and August 2012. METHODS Fibroids are the most common benign tumors of reproductive-age women, with the genital tract being the most common site for tumors. The type of fibroids and secondary changes were confirmed by histopathologi...

The present study developed an oral hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene therapy strategy for gastric ulcers treatment. An attenuated Salmonella typhimurium that stably expressed high HGF (named as TPH) was constructed, and the antiulcerogenic effect of TPH was evaluated in a rat model of gastric ulcers that created by acetic acid subserosal injection. From day 5 after injection, TPH (1 × 10⁹ cf...

OBJECTIVE The validity of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure for the assessment of nodal status in patients with endometrial cancer is unclear. We aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of this procedure. METHODS We searched the PubMed and Embase databases for studies published before June 1, 2011. Eligible studies had a sample size of at least 10 patients, and reported the detection...

BACKGROUND Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a rare inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. There have been several case series of patients with EG from the western world and East Asia. However, there has not been a report of patients with EG from the Middle East region. The aim of this study is to describe clinical characteristics and treatment response in a series of EG p...

Background. Mullerian adenosarcoma with sarcomatous overgrowth (MASO) is a very rare variant of uterine sarcomas first described by Clement et al. as early as 1974. The presence of heterologous sarcomatous components is associated with aggressive biological behavior. Case Presentation. This is a case report of a 62-year female (P(2 + 0)) presenting with postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. Her preo...

RATIONALE Uterine fibroids are the most common pelvic solid tumors and common to 25% of women. F-fluorodexyglucose (F-FDG) is an energy metabolism tracer. Although FDG is generally concentrated in malignant lesions with high glucose metabolism, it can also accumulate in normal tissues, benign lesions, and inflammatory sites. The exact mechanism of FDG uptake by uterine fibroids is not clear. He...

OBJECTIVE Gut-brain axis (GBA) is very important in creation and modulation of gastrointestinal problems. Aloe vera gel has gastroprotective properties. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Aloe vera leaves on the gastric acid secretion and brain and intestinal water content following acetic acid gastric ulcer induction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gastric ulce...