An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed on a 78 year-old woman affected of bloating and mild anemia. Her medical history included high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia. She had been performed a cholecystectomy and hysterectomy several years before. Apart from a mild hypochromic anemia she was on a good health, her physical exploration didn’t revealed any path...

The gall bladder lies on the under surface of the liver, and is held in position by areolar tissue and the peritoneum covering the under surface of the liver. It lies obliquely, its long axis being directed backwards and upwards and slightly medially from the lower anterior edge of the liver, to the right end of the porta hepatis. The fundus of the gall bladder is in close relation to the anter...

A single intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin (40 microg/kg) significantly delayed gastric emptying of a solid nutrient meal. Blockade of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with 30 mg/kg ip N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester or 20 mg/kg ip 7-nitroindazole [neuronal NOS (nNOS) inhibitor] significantly delayed gastric emptying in control animals but failed to modify gastric emptying in endotoxin-treat...

Adenocarcinoma of the distal duodenum: two cases managed by pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy Primary adenocarcinoma of the duodenum is a rare tumour which accounts for less than 0.5% of intestinal malignancies 1, 2, and the optimum treatment is unknown. Previous surgical treatment has consisted ofWhipple type pancreatico-duodenectomy or segmental resection ,...

The present study was designed to compare ulcer protective effect of proton pump inhibitors viz. omeprazole, rabeprazole and lansoprazole against dexamethasone plus pylorus ligation induced ulcer model. Dexamethasone (5 mg/kg) was used as an ulcerogen. Dexamethasone suspended in 1% CMC in water was given orally to all the rats 15 min after the pylorus ligation. Omeprazole (20 mg/kg), rabeprazol...