Around 1500 new cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed each year in the United Kingdom, being responsible for around 320 deaths annually. Detecting recurrent thyroid carcinoma is important for the speedy imposition of treatment regimens, but occasionally detecting subsequent disease can be problematic. Bone is the commonest site for distant thyroid carcinoma metastases, but other sites such as t...

background disturbances in lipid metabolism which occur during hypothyroidism lead to the formation of gallstones. this study aims to evaluate the thyroid function pattern in patients with common bile duct (cbd) stones. methods this case-control study recruited 151 patients with preliminary diagnoses of cbd stone who underwent ercp (cases). the control group comprised healthy people who met the...

Experience with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the pediatric population is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of ERCP in the pediatric population performed by adult gastroenterologists with standard duodenoscopes. This study is a structured retrospective review of endoscopic reports, computerized and paper medical records, and radiographic images of p...

OBJECTIVE To compare success rate, length of hospital stay, clinical results, and costs of sequential treatment (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy) versus the laparoendoscopic Rendezvous in patients with cholecysto-choledocholithiasis. BACKGROUND The ideal management of common bile duct (CBD) stones in the era of laparoscopic cholecystecto...

INTRODUCTION Gallstone ileus is a mechanical obstruction caused by the impaction of one or more gallstones within the lumen of any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Although the disorder is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction (1% to 2%), it has been reported to cause up to 25% of cases of non-strangulated small bowel obstruction in patients over 65 years of age. CASE PRESENTATION We rep...

Perforations of the duodenum are a significant source of morbidity in clinical practice. Surgical repair is usually mandated, but it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Until recently, there has been no technique available which reproducibly and safely allowed endoscopic closures of penetrating defects within the digestive tract. With the new over-the-scope clipping system",...

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) is a new technique for non-invasive imaging of the biliary tract. AIM To assess the results of MRC in patients with suspected bile duct stones as compared with those obtained with reference imaging methods. PATIENTS/METHODS 70 patients (34 men and 36 women, mean (SD) age 71 (15.5) years; median 75) with suspected bile duct stones were incl...

Cholangitis is relatively uncommon (Boey & Way, 1980). Any condition that leads to stasis or obstruction of bile in the common bile duct (CBD), including benign or malignant stricture, parasitic infection, or extrinsic compression by the pancreas, can result in bacterial infection and cholangitis (Lam et al., 1978; Boey & Way, 1980). Choledocholithiasis is the most common cause of acute cholang...

BACKGROUND The choledocolithiasis has an incidence of 8-20% in patients with cholecystolithiasis. The preoperative diagnosis guides the interventional treatment on the bile duct AIM To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the laboratory markers and imaging studies for choledocholithiasis preoperatively. METHODS The study comprised 254 patients divided into two groups: the control gro...