Ascariasis is a common worm infestation in developing and under-developed countries. It is caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with Ascaris eggs from faeces and is more common in places with poor sanitation. Almost 25% of the world population is infested by Ascaris lumbricoides. Although ascariasis is a chronic disease, it can present as acute abdomen rarely. The wandering nature of As...

BACKGROUND Small bowel volvulus is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adult patients. This disease is more common in children and its aetiology and management is different to that in adults. CLINICAL CASE A 30 year-old male with sarcoidosis presents with acute abdomen and clinical data of intestinal obstruction. Small bowel volvulus is diagnosed by a contrast abdominal tomography and a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The study of graft versus host disease of the intestine has significant clinical relevance and may also be a model for other immune mediated intestinal diseases. There presently is no simple non-invasive test that can be used to evaluate graft versus host disease induced intestinal injury in humans or animal models. This study tested the hypothesis that graft versus host disease...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the pathogenesis of Whipple disease, the reservoirs of Tropheryma whippelii, and the proportion of persons harboring the bacterium without "classic" intestinal abnormalities. OBJECTIVE To assess the presence of T. whippelii in patients undergoing upper endoscopy for a variety of indications. DESIGN Prospective and routine diagnostic examination of patients. ...

Granulomatous colitis is a chronic transmural disease of unknown etiology gastro-intestinal tract. It can affect any area the GI In recent decades, there has been an increase in number cases disease, which be explained by improvement diagnostic methods on one hand, and deterioration environmental factors other hand. The main intestinal complications granulomatous are: obstruction, perforation, ...

Tarlow, M. J., Seakins, J. W. T., Lloyd, J. K., Matthews, D. M., Cheng, B., and Thomas, A. J. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 798. Absorption ofamino acids and peptides in a child with a variant of Hartnup disease and coexistent coeliac disease. A child with a variant of Hartnup disease and coexistent coeliac disease is described. Oral tolerance tests with L-histidine, L-tyrosine,...

Discordance for childhood coeliac disease in monozygotic twin boys is reported. The diagnosis of coeliac disease in the second-born twin was established by demonstration of a flat small intestinal mucosa on biopsy and a clinical response to a gluten-free diet. The first-born twin had a normal small intestinal mucosa. Phenotypic, genotypic, and dermatoglyphic observations as well as gross observ...

Aim of the study is to analyse physiopathological implications of massive intestinal resection and factors affecting prognosis in patients with short bowel syndrome. Twenty massive intestinal resections were performed. The causes of bowel resection were: intestinal infarction (11 cases), Crohn's disease (5 cases), small bowel volvulus (4 cases). All intestinal resections were more than 50-60% o...

Long standing coeliac disease is associated with an increased risk of malignancy, not only of intestinal lymphoma but also small intestinal adenocarcinoma. Two patients whose initial presentation was adenocarcinoma of the small bowel, but who were subsequently found to have coeliac disease after Whipple's resection, are described. The diagnosis was made early in the postoperative period in the ...