BACKGROUND The term nodular is not included in the Sydney classification and there is no widely accepted histopathological definition. It has been proposed that the presence of antral nodularity could predict Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of nodular gastritis (NG) for H. pylori infection after a rigorous standardization...

Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign tumor of the parotid glands. Rarely it may arise from minor salivary glands of the upper aerodigestive tract. A 57-year-old woman was admitted at our institution presenting with nasal obstruction. Endoscopic evaluation revealed a pedicled mass in the rhinopharynx. After radiological examination, we opted for a transnasal endoscopic-assisted excision...

Endoscopy has been increasingly used in clinical practice and as a standardized examination procedure for gastrointestinal diseases. However, only a few studies on endoscopic screening for evaluating mortality reduction from gastric cancer have been carried out. Even if a high detection rate is obtained in clinical practice, such a rate cannot be directly accepted as evidence providing the effe...

Fifty patients in the age group of 18-60 years from the medical wards of Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital were enrolled for the study. Out of 50 patients 30 were males and 20 were females. All the patients were subjected to upper gastrointestinal evaluation by endoscopy except for 3 patients who did not agree to undergo endoscopic evaluation. The diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and end...

BACKGROUND Sessile serrated adenomas/polyps (SSAs/Ps) are premalignant lesions susceptible to being easily overlooked by endoscopists. A detailed description of the endoscopic appearance of SSAs/Ps might help endoscopists to recognize these lesions to improve the effectiveness of colonoscopy. OBJECTIVE To identify various endoscopic features of SSAs/Ps using high-resolution white-light endosc...

INTRODUCTION Cholesteatoma is a relatively common disease within the middle ear cavity, but rarely it manifests in the paranasal sinuses. There is, to the best of our knowledge, only one other published case of cholesteatoma inside the concha bullosa in the English language literature. CASE PRESENTATION An 81-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of nasal obstructi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of the Advanced Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester (ADEPT). DESIGN The Advanced Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester was developed for objective evaluation of bimanual endoscopic tasks. The system is in several aspects relevant to an actual endoscopic environment, and initial studies showed a strong correlation with clinical competence. Twenty medical s...