background postprandial lipemia has been found to be strongly associated with atherosclerosis due to its atherogenic and thrombogenic lipoprotein changes. this phenomenon occurs even in normal subjects especially after high fat meals. orlistat, an anti- obesity drug, has been shown to address postprandial lipemia after a single high fat meal. objectives to compare the effects of orlistat and pl...

background: we aimed to evaluate the effects of pimpinella anisum (anise) from apiaceae family on relieving the symptoms of postprandial distress syndrome (pds) in this double-blind randomized clinical trial. materials and methods: totally, 107 patients attending the gastroenterology clinic, aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with pds according to rome iii criteria and signed a written consent form we...

To cite: Hokama A, Kinjo T, Kishimoto K, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204516 DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old man presented with postprandial epigastric pain and intermittent haematochezia for 2 months. His medical history consisted of surgery for intussusception due to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) at 12 years of age. Physical examination sh...

Objective: Case report of biliary tract lesion caused by the presence of a foreign body into the abdominal cavity after cholecystectomy. Case report: A 56-year-old woman reported postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting, hyperexia, weight loss, pain and palpable mass in right hypochondrium for 15 months, three months after she had been submitted to cholecystectomy due to chronic calculous cholec...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing significantly and Mexico is in a top position on a worldwide scale, with more than 70% of the adult population estimated to be affected. Multiple pathologies are associated with obesity and those of the digestive tract are no exception. AIMS To study the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in subjects with overweight and ob...

Primary esophageal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a markedly rare tumor. There were only 6 cases of the disease identified prior to June 2015. In the present study, the aforementioned cases were validated, and relevant computed tomography (CT) results and clinical features of primary esophageal NK/T-cell lymphoma were determined, to increase awareness of this type of tumor. CT features ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastric stasis in migraineurs remains controversial. The aim of this study is to investigate gastric emptying (GE) time, and any associations between GE parameters and dyspeptic symptoms among patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) and migraine without any gastrointestinal symptoms during the interictal period. METHODS We enrolled 27 migraine patients, 32 FD patients and 12 h...

BACKGROUND Functional dyspepsia (FD) refers to the presence of one or more gastrointestinal symptoms including postprandial fullness, epigastric pain, burning, and early satiety without an organic explanation for chronic symptoms. FD causes considerable discomfort in patients and affects their everyday activity and productivity. Because most conventional treatments have limited efficacy, numero...

A 23-year-old woman was referred for a gastroscopy. She had a long history of upper abdominal pain, pyrosis and postprandial fullness without a complete response to proton-pump-inhibitors. She didn’t relate any other relevant symptom or antecedent. Routine blood analysis revealed no abnormalities. The exam was made with a confocal endomicroscope (Pentax EPK-1000, ISC-1000). White light examinat...

Historically, gastroparesis is characterized by delayed gastric emptying of fluids and/or solids without evidence of a mechanical gastric outlet obstruction. To provide a thorough, evidence-based overview of the diagnosis, treatment, outcome and future advances for gastroparesis in children, a web search (PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, Clinical Evidence) was performed....