Objective: To determine the feasibility of hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid in the evaluation of small bowel obstruction in adults. Patients and Methods: This was a pilot study of the feasibility of technetium 99m hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid in the evaluation of small bowel obstruction. A total of 8 patients clinically suspected to have small bowel obstruction were recruited in this study ...

Metastatic disease to the small bowel is rare; however, it is important to recognize that when it does occurs a variety of complications are possible including obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, intussusception, and bowel perforation. We present here an unusual case of small bowel metastases in a patient with known metastatic liposarcoma in which the lesions manifested as rapidly evolving ...

Complex gastroschisis with bowel necrosis poses an operative challenge. Surgeons must weigh the decision between resection versus preservation of ischemic bowel. As one of the leading causes of short bowel syndrome, aggressive resection in complicated gastroschisis subjects children to prolonged dependence on parenteral nutrition and its attendant complications. Herein, we describe a novel tech...

OBJECTIVES To describe the bowel programmes utilized by individuals with spinal cord injury; and to determine the association between the outcome of the bowel programmes and various interventions to facilitate defecation. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS Individuals with spinal cord injury who have neurogenic bowel dysfunction. METHODS Face-to-face interviews were conduc...

Primary small intestinal liposarcomas originating in the small bowel are uncommon with a generally poor prognosis due to the advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. We describe a case of primary small bowel dedifferentiated liposarcoma presenting as a solid mass in the right iliac fossa. The current case is unusual as the tumour seemingly originated from the bowel and the well-differentiated c...

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is rapidly increasing clinical acceptance to evaluate the small bowel and can be the initial imaging method to investigate small bowel diseases. MR examinations may provide the first opportunity to detect and characterize tumours of the small bowel. Intra- and extraluminal MR findings, combined with contrast enhancement and functional information, help to make an...

PURPOSE The molecular pathogenesis of small intestinal adenocarcinomas is not well understood. Understanding the molecular characteristics of small bowel adenocarcinoma may lead to more effective patient treatment. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Forty-eight small bowel adenocarcinomas (33 non-celiac disease related and 15 celiac disease related) were characterized for chromosomal aberrations by high-res...

The small bowel is essential to sustain alimentation and small bowel Crohn's disease (CD) may severely limit its function. Small bowel imaging is a crucial element in diagnosing small bowel CD, and treatment control with imaging is increasingly used to optimize the patients outcome. Thereby, capsule endoscopy, Balloon-assisted enteroscopy, and Magnetic resonance imaging have become key players ...

The field of radiological small-bowel imaging is changing rapidly, as is small-bowel enteroscopy. New techniques allow the depiction of intraluminal, mural, and extraintestinal features of various small-bowel disorders, such as Crohn's disease, small-bowel polyposis syndromes, small-intestinal malignancies, and coeliac disease. For patients in need of repeated small-bowel imaging, modalities th...

Alternative endoscopic approaches have been developed to overcome these limitations. Deep small bowel enteroscopy permits visualization and interventional therapy throughout the small bowel by using insertion techniques that pleat the small bowel onto an overtube. The techniques used for deep small bowel enteroscopy limit stretching of the small bowel (as occurs with push enteroscopy), permit b...