Introduction. Ileal leiomyosarcoma is unusual form of malignant gastrointestinal tumor. Often insidious in clinical presentation, it frequently presents a diagnostic challenge. Occasionally, correct diagnosis finally established due to emergency situation. The aim this study present the role magnetic enterography determining precise cause small bowel dilation. Case outline. A 59-year-old female...

To study the changes of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) and expression of c-kt and scf mRNA in terminal ileum tissue during cholesterol gallstone formation in guinea pigs fed on high cholesterol diet, forty guinea pigs were divided into the gallstone group and the control group. The animals in the gallstone group were fed on a high cholesterol diet (HCD), while those in the control group fed...

I. A solution of gelled maize starch and Cr-EDTA was continuously infused for 4 weeks via the abomasum into sheep of different ages. The proportions of infused a-glucoside passing the terminal ileum as glucan (ethanol-precipitable a-glucoside), dextrins (ethanolsoluble glucose polymers) and glucose, and the glucan and over-all a-glucoside disappearances in the small intestine were determined. E...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Systemic cellular immunity elicited by the Ty21a oral typhoid vaccine has been extensively characterized. However, very limited data are available in humans regarding mucosal immunity at the site of infection (terminal ileum [TI]). Here we investigated the host immunity elicited by Ty21a immunization on terminal ileum-lamina propria mononuclear cells (LPMC) and peripheral bloo...

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue consisting of glands and/or stroma located outside the uterus. Involvement of the terminal ileum is extremely rare. Preoperative distinction of ileal endometriosis from other diseases of the ileocecal region is difficult in terms of clinical presentation, symptomatology, radiological appearance, and surgical and pathological f...

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease related to water contact in the agricultural fields, affecting millions of people in developing countries in tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, Asia, and South America. We report a case of a 27-year-old male, with intestinal schistosomiasis associated with perianal fistula mimicking Crohn's disease, where the terminal ileum showed a cobblestone appe...

A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the terminal ileum with no underlying duplication or inflammatory disorder is described. The neoplasm seemed to have originated from the surface epithelium, invading the wall and metastasising to the regional lymph nodes. The 65 year old patient was free of disease three years after having had the tumour removed. Previous reports of squamous carcinoma of the...

A continent urinary reservoir which consists of 1) detubularized caecum, ascending colon and the right half of transverse colon. 2) anastomosis of ureter and ascending colon with antireflex technique, and 3) plicated terminal ileal segment for continence and catheter insertion was created in 12 patients after radical cystectomy for urothelioma. Our method to create a continent urinary reservoir...

The number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) is often increased in the terminal ileum of patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases of the colon. However, data regarding their number in normal ileal mucosa of asymptomatic patients are lacking. We aimed to establish the acceptable range of IELs in biopsy specimens of normal ileal mucosa. Ileal mucosal biopsy specimens obtained durin...