OBJECTIVE To assess the value of prenatal ultrasound in predicting bowel obstruction requiring surgery in fetuses with prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis. METHODS The database of our center was searched for cases with an antenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis. The ultrasound images were reviewed blindly to assess the presence of intra- or extra-abdominal bowel dilatation. Details of surgical p...

Bowel intussusception is rare in adults and usually driven by an underlying pathological process affecting the bowel. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) most common type of kidney cancer its disease course, depending on initial histology stage, can metastasize to adrenal glands, lungs, bones, brains contralateral that be challenging follow. We present case a patient with history radical left nephrectom...

OBJECTIVE To assess the examination methods, the multidetector CT (MDCT), and findings of bowel and mesenteric injuries in blunt trauma and the evaluation for clinical management. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospectively analysis examination methods, image reformation, the sensitivity and specificity of variant appearance in MDCT of 43 cases of bowel and mesenteric injuries which were conformed b...

INTRODUCTION Irritable bowel syndrome is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder. Although its aetiology is still unknown, visceral hypersensitivity, disorders of motility and psychosocial factors have been proposed as possible factors that affect the "gut-brain" function. The objective of this study was to determine if psychiatric disorders exist in patients with irritable bowel syndrome...

Malignant tumors of the small bowel are rare and little is known about their etiology, although adenocarcinomas share certain epidemiological features with colorectal cancer. This study investigated what cancers, if any, occurred as second neoplasms following adenocarcinomas, malignant carcinoid tumors, lymphomas, and sarcomas of the small bowel. For all 2581 cases of small bowel malignancy reg...

OBJECTIVE To document the frequency at diagnosis and evolution over time of inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified in children. METHODS Analysis of case records (2004-2011) of patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified following upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy, ileocolonoscopy and small bowel imaging. Any subsequent diagnostic reclassification by 2016 was recorded. RE...

Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome is a highly fatal intestinal disease of adult dairy cattle with uncertain cause. In a dairy herd in KhorasanRazavi province, Northeast of Iran, two cows showed depression, anorexia, decrease in milk production, ruminal hypomotility, bruxism and dehydration. At necropsy, massive hemorrhage and clot formation was observed within the jejunum and bacterial culture of the ...

BACKGROUND Risk factors for poor bowel preparation are recognized to be independent of the type of bowel preparation method used. Patient and administrative factors influencing bowel preparation are known to vary in different healthcare systems. METHODS A prospective, cross-sectional study of patients undergoing colonoscopy in an Asian tertiary centre was conducted to identify risk factors as...

The results of 88 consecutive small-bowel enemas were compared retrospectively with the results of 52 routine small-bowel series and 50 barium enemas done in the same patients. Ninety-six percent of the diagnoses made by small-bowel enema were correct, as compared to only 65% made by routine small-bowel series. The incorrect studies were mostly false negatives and the abnormalities missed inclu...