The digestive tract in Chagas' disease

Clinical treatment of the digestive form of Chagas disease.

The digestive form of Chagas disease, first individualized by JM Rezende (1959 Rev Goiana Med 5: 193), represents, together with the cardiac form, the most important manifestation of the chronic phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The anatomopathologic basis of the digestive form of Chagas disease is denervation of the complex network of intramural neurons (M Amorin & A Correia Neto 1932 An F...

Gas in the Digestive Tract

A Rare Disease of the Digestive Tract: Esophageal Melanosis

Esophageal melanosis which is characterized by melanocytic proliferation in the squamous epithelium of the esophagus and melanin accumulatin of esophageal mucosa (EM) is a rare disease of the digestive system. Although esophageal melanosis is considered to be a benign disease, its etiology is not cleared and has been reported to be the precursor lesion of esophageal primary melanomas. In this r...

Lower Digestive Tract

This small book is an attempt to review present knowledge on the morphology, immunology, and pathogenicity of the pleuropneumonia-like organisms (PPLO). The author is a recognized authority on these organisms and the material is presented from her point of view, although she readily admits that there are some who may be in disagreement with her conclusions. Four of the eleven chapters are devot...

Lower Digestive Tract Microbiology

The lower digestive tract of animals is often referred to as the hindgut and normally denotes the large intestine, which includes the cecum, colon, and rectum. The cecum is a branch from the junction of the small intestine and colon. There is a great diversity among animals in hindgut morphology, mainly in relation to diet of the animal. Carnivores have a small hindgut and a cecum may be absent...