BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that the immunochemical fecal occult blood test has superior specificity for detecting bleeding in the lower gastrointestinal tract even if bleeding occurs in the upper tract. We conducted a large population-based study involving asymptomatic adults in Taiwan, a population with prevalent upper gastrointestinal lesions, to confirm this claim. METHODS ...

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Afferent fibres convey sensory information from the upper gastrointestinal tract to the central nervous system but the nature of this information is different for vagal and spinal pathways. Vagal afferents convey predominantly physiological information while spinal afferents are able to encode noxious events. Because of the different response profiles following activation of these pathways, it ...

introduction: endoscopy is an invasive procedure and finding noninvasive alternative tools in detection of probable upper gastrointestinal (gi) tract injuries following caustic ingestion is an area of interest. the present study aimed to evaluate the screening performance characteristics of thoraco-abdominal computed tomography (ct) scan in this regard. methods: this prospective cross sectional...

heterotopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly of upper gastrointestinal tract. heterotopic pancreas tissue is very rarely found in ileum. intussusception in children is usually idiopathic, but definitive aetiology can be established in 90% of adult cases. we are reporting a case of pancreatic heterotopia presenting as a lead point of ileo-ileal intussusception in a 1year 3month year...

the gastrointestinal tract is the most frequently involved extranodal location for malt* lymphomas, but malt lymphomas of the large intestine are rarely observed. a treatment for colorectal malt lymphoma has not yet been established. in colonic malt lymphomas, the literature suggests that surgical resection of localized lesion may be the best choice. in the present case, combination of multi-ag...

how to cite this article: imanzadeh f. gastrointestinal symptoms in lysosmal disease. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1):17-18. pls see pdf.   references: 1. semenza  gl,  pyeritz  re.  respiratory complications of mucopolysaccharide storage disorders. medicine (baltimore) 1988; 67:209. 2.   wraith   je,   scarpa   m,   beck   m,   et   al. mucopolysaccharidosis type ii (hunter syn...

BACKGROUND Systemic amyloidoses is a heterogeneous group of diseases either acquired or hereditary. Amyloidoses can involve the gastrointestinal tract and the nature of the precursor protein that forms the fibrils deposits should be identified to adjust the treatment and evaluate the prognosis. Lysozyme amyloidosis (ALys) is a rare, systemic non neuropathic hereditary amyloidosis with a heterog...