Gut publishes original papers and reviews concerned with practice and research in gastroenterology. The field is that of basic science and physiology pertaining to the alimentary tract, the liver and pancreas and that of alimentary, hepatic, biliary or pancreatic disease. Papers may deal with medical, surgical, or epidemiological aspects or with imaging. A case report will be accepted only if i...

Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is defined as a lobular benign capillary hemangioma that occurs in the skin, upper respiratory tract and mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity’s. Apart from oral cavity, it is rarely seen in the alimentary tract. These cases have been predominantly reported in the esophagus and intestine (1). Although the etiological factors of PG infection include mechanical irritation an...

For over 25 years sporadic reports have been appearing in the literature of cases of eosinophilic granuloma arising in various parts of the gastro-intestinal tract. Kaiiser (1937) described the first cases. In a search of the literature, which although extensive is not claimed to be exhaustive, 47 papers were found, describing a total of 89 cases. They occurred throughout the alimentary tract f...

Leiomyomas are benign smooth-muscle tumors that are common in the alimentary tract, uterus, skin, and subcutaneous tissue. They are very uncommon in the upper respiratory tract and rare in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. To the best of our knowledge, only 23 such cases have heretofore been published in the literature. We report 2 new cases of sinonasal leiomyoma that originated at diffe...