aim : to determine the co-incidence of gallstones with upper gi disease in patients who were candidate for elective cholecystectomy. background : typical pain of gallstones frequently cause special pattern which can usually be distinguished from symptoms of other organic and functional diseases. but patient with cholelithiasis and atypical pattern of abdominal pain seems to bring about a challe...

In most of the previously discussed cases, sebaceous gland ectopia (SGE) was described in tissues derived from ectoderm. Only a small number publications reported cases SGE esophagus (endoderm organ). The article presents clinical case 68-year-old male patient without complaints gastrointestinal tract, however, there were multiple white overlays distal revealed during esophagogastroduodenoscopy...

Objective: To determine the frequency, demographic and clinical features of heterotopic gastric mucosa (inlet patch). 
 Methods: This retrospective study involves 244 patients who applied to gastroenterology outpatient clinic with different symptoms between September 2016 December 2019, were diagnosed inlet patch in elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy. All endoscopic procedures performed b...

A 78-year-old man with history of hepatitis B infection was detected to have an abnormal liver function during his physical examination. After a close examination at our hospital, he diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient initially treated transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, but due allergy contrast media, it became difficult continue the treatment, and sorafenib. Seven months af...

Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis rarely mimics esophageal submucosal tumor, particularly in the case of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Herein, we report the case of a 61-year-old woman who visited a local hospital complaining of odynophagia. An initial esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed an esophageal submucosal tumor, and subsequent chest computed tomography showed subcarinal ...

The present report describes a rare case of a tumor composed of early gastric cancer and a duodenal neuroendocrine tumor (NET). A 78-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy at a local institution for screening of the upper gastrointestinal tract which revealed a protruded tumor through the pyloric ring from the pyloric antrum. The tumor was too large to treat at the facility; conseq...

Amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular deposition of insoluble protein fibrils that stain with Congo red application and appear apple green under polarized light. The presenting symptoms result from the involvement of many affected, nonspecific and generalized organ systems. Our patient was an 80-year-old woman with no medical history. She presented with a 2-week history of nausea and vo...

We describe a 50-year-old man with a secondary aortoduodenal fistula who presented with high fever and right leg pain one year after undergoing an aortoiliac bypass with a polyester graft. Gangrene had developed in the right ankle, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed that the graft had penetrated the third duodenal segment and obstructed the right graft limb. Esophagogastrod...

We present a draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum strain EGD-AQ4, isolated from nonalcoholic fermented bamboo shoot products of Northeast India. The size of the draft genome sequence is the largest among all the reported genome sequences of Lactobacillus plantarum, thus enabling the exploration of new gene clusters involved in various functional and probiotic attributes.