Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...

Sarcoidosis is a strange disease of protean manifestations and unknown aetiology, first described as a skin lesion by Boeck in 1899. Though it may involve any tissue in the body (Longcope, 1941), it is usually associated with lesions' of skin, lymph nodes, lungs or salivary glands. Its accidental discovery in other tissues or regions of the body, not usually associated in the mind of the clinic...

The alimentary canal and the reproductive tract of males and females of Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari are described. The alimentary canal of H. hampei showed the crop with several spine-like structures and the midgut with few gastric caeca. We evidenced for the first time that adult females need to feed on coffee in order to produce viable eggs before and during oviposition period. The presence o...

Enteric duplication cysts (EDCs) can occur in any portion of the alimentary tract, but are most commonly associated with the small bowel and esophagus. Retroperitoneal location is really unusual. This 19-year-old female was in excellent health, but a week's abdominal pain made her search for a doctor's help. After the detailed examination, surgical intervention was performed under the impressio...

Most human tissues contain fibrinolytic activators. The alimentary tract organs, however, were not considered to be a site of importance and were not included in a comprehensive survey of human necropsy tissues studied by Albrechtsen.1 But since Cox, Poller, and Thomson2 found local organ fibrinolysis in the stomach and free plasmin in gastric vein blood there has been much interest in the poss...

Factors in the urban environments of highly industralized societies are important causes of disease. This review examines urban diseases of small and large intestine. The urban environment is pervaded by chemicals including drugs, food additives, pesticides, industrial products, etc., which are potential causes of disease. Examples of typical urban, as contrasted with rural, intestinal disease ...

Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...