Accepted 20 March 1997 A 55-year-old man presented with a two-year history of post-prandial epigastric pain and 10 kg weight loss. He smoked 20 cigarettes per day and suffered intermnittent claudication. Physical examination revealed bilateral absence of dorsalis pedis and anterior tibial arterial pulsation. His symptoms continued for a further two years and his weight fell by a further 3 kg. O...

Marked peritoneal thickening extending into the mesentery can occur with malignant infiltration but is usually very nodular and distributed irregularly. Pseudomyxoma peritonei can produce diffuse generalized infiltration in the mesentery and surrounding the liver and spleen, but on CT has a low attenuation similar to ascites. Tuberculous peritonitis classically produces generalized, diffuse per...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of lactose and fructose intolerance in children with chronic abdominal pain. METHODS Hydrogen breath tests were done to detect lactose and fructose malabsorption in 86 children with chronic abdominal pain (44 irritable bowel syndrome, 24 functional abdominal pain and 17 functional abdominal pain syndrome as per Rome III criteria) presenting to a Pediatr...

OBJECTIVE To summarize rates of abdominal pain in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, and to examine associations of abdominal pain, disease activity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS 44 youths aged 11-18 years completed ratings of abdominal pain, whereas youths and mothers provided ratings of HRQoL at Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2; 6 months later). Disease activity was rate...

FAPS is a distinct medical disorder, part of the group of functional gastrointestinal disorders. These disorders are characterized by chronic, recurrent, or continuous abdominal pain that is poorly related to gut function, often not well localized. They are more properly understood as an abnormal perception of normal (regulatory) gut function rather than as a motility disorder . Criteria for a ...

introduction: besides having major effects on the stability of lumbar vertebrae, diaphragm and abdominal muscles play an important role in respiration. the function of these muscles may gradually change in patients with chronic low back pain leading to an inefficacious respiration. the aim of this study was to evaluate respiratory volumes in a group of patients with chronic low back pain and to...

INTRODUCTION Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is widely performed as treatment of morbid obesity. Long-term weight loss, effects on co-morbidities, and quality of life after RYGB have been well addressed. Other long-term outcomes are less elucidated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, symptom characteristics, and possible predictors of chronic abdominal pain and gastrointestin...