This study was conducted to record the histological features of the gastrointestinal tract of wild Indonesian shortfin eel, Anguilla bicolor bicolor (McClelland, 1844), captured in Peninsular Malaysia. The gastrointestinal tract was segmented into the oesophagus, stomach, and intestine. Then, the oesophagus was divided into five (first to fifth), the stomach into two (cardiac and pyloric), and ...

PETRINEC, Z., S. NEJEDLI, S. KUŽIR, A. OPAČAK: Mucosubstances of the digestive tract mucosa in northern pike (Esox lucius L.) and european catfish (Silurus glanis L.). Vet. arhiv 75, 317-327, 2005. ABSTRACT The distribution and quality of mucosubstances in the digestive tract of pike (Esox lucius) and catfish (Silurus glanis) is described. The digestive tract of pike and catfish is short, in ac...

Histochemical and ultrastructural studies of the muscle coat of the oesophagus from ICRC/HiCri mice (with megaoesophagus) and DBA/2fNCri mice (normal oesophagus) were carried out. The striking observation from histochemical studies was the presence of smooth muscle in the abdominal segment of the oesophagus from ICRC mouse in contrast to the control strain where smooth muscle was present only i...

Impaction of foreign bodies in the oesophagus was analysed in 54 patients, 45 of whom were children. Of the 45 children 28 were aged 2-4 years. Coins were the most common foreign body in children (27 cases) while in adults a bolus of meat was most common (nine cases). In 41 children there was no predisposing factor, but an underlying mechanism was detected in 88% of the adults. The mechanisms w...

BACKGROUND Chemical injuries of the oesophagus occur worldwide. There is paucity of information on aetiopathological profile of chemical injuries of the oesophagus in Nigeria. AIM The aim of the study was to determine the aetiopathological pattern of chemical injuries of the oesophagus in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a multi-centre hospital based study in Lagos metropolis spanning...

background barrett’s oesophagus is a pre-malignant condition at gastroesophageal junction in which normal squamous epithelium is replaced by columnar shape epithelium, which predisposes oesophageal adenocarcinoma. it is known that barrett’s oesophagus evolves as a consequence of chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. although progression of barrett’s oesophagus to adenocarcinoma is still un...

Histological changes in the Auerbach's plexuses of the oesophagus, stomach, jejunum, and colon were analysed in a prospective study in 34 patients with achalasia of the oesophagus. At the distal end of the oesophagus ganglia cells were absent in 91% of cases as well as in the middle third of the stomach (20%). The Auerbach's plexuses were normal in the jejunum and colon. The results of gastric ...

One hundred and one consecutive patients with oesophageal cancer, cancer of the cardia and gastric cancer extending upwards from the stomach to the oesophagus were treated from 1979 to 1985 with a policy that included radiotherapy treatment for 58. This heterogeneous group, which was considered together as oesophageal cancer, was subdivided according to anatomical location, histology and pretre...

Coins are commonly ingested foreign body (FB) in children, particularly the area just below cricopharyngeus muscle, being most common site of lodgement. The aim present study was to evaluate effectiveness point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) upper airway as an investigation arm guide and assist clinical management coin children with expectant for spontaneous passage. A total 50 oesophagus were chos...

The patient with peptic ulceration of the lower oesophagus has for a long time suffered his ulcer in a sort of " no-man's-land " to which the abdominal surgeon could not reach and to which the physician had no access. The radiologist passed it by as quickly as the force of swallowing would take him. The endoscopist saw it as through a glass darkly on the distant boundary of his territory, but w...