Magnified Endoscopic Observations of a Living Whipworm

A Spectacular Endoscopic Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland and the Circle of Willis in a Living Person

Magnified endoscopic images of gastric MALT lymphoma before and after treatment.

fying endoscopy in the diagnosis of gas− tritis and gastric cancer has been report− ed [1, 2]. However, there have been no re− ports on magnified endoscopic images of nonepithelial gastric tumors. We con− ducted a long−term follow−up of gastric mucosa−associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma by magnifying endos− copy. The magnifying electronic video endo− scope used was a GIF−Q240Z model (Oly...

Comparison of magnified endoscopic images of Ancylostoma duodenale(hookworm) and Anisakis simplex.

deficiency anemia had a medical examination in May 2002. She was diagnosed as having anisakiasis after upper endoscopy of the antrum of the stomach, and a worm was removed. Three years later, an upper endoscopy showed several worms in the first and second portions of the duodenum, but there were no symptoms. Ten live worms were removed using standard biopsy forceps and were identified by micros...

Magnified endoscopic view of primary follicular lymphoma at the duodenal papilla.

Figure 2. Magnified endoscopic view of the white granule around the duodenal papila, which was suggestive of a su bepithelial or submucosal lesion with local interruption of lymphatic flow. Figure 3. Histological picture of biopsy specimen showing that smal cleaved lymphoid cels with some large cels of the centroblastic type were infiltrated into the lamina propria of duodenum. □ PICTURES IN CL...

Patients’ perspectives of living with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

BACKGROUND Since enteral nutrition therapy is the preferred nutritional support for dysphagic patients with a range of diagnoses, PEG has become part of traditional care. However, enteral nutrition with PEG transfers treatment responsibility and activity to the patients and their carers, so the advantages should be discussed. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate patients' experien...