Introduction: Bleeding due to oesophageal varices is the most common cause of upper gastrointestinal tract haemorrhage in Gezira State, Central Sudan. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EST) is a valuable therapeutic modality for the management of variceal bleeding. Other options for treatment such as variceal band ligation are either expensive or unavailable. Objectives: A retrospective study...

1 Department of Clinical Imaging, “Octavian Fodor” Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine & Pharmacy Cluj Napoca, Romania 2Department of Radiology, Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warsaw Medical University, Poland 3Department of Medicine, Salem Medical Center and Center for Alcohol Research, Univ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Just as gastrointestinal dysfunction may develop in the setting of neurologic disease, neurologic dysfunction may become evident in the setting of gastrointestinal disease. This article describes the range of neurologic features that have been described in three primary gastrointestinal diseases: celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and Whip...

This has been a vintage decade for commemorating Irish teaching hospitals. In Dublin alone seven general, and three specialist ones, have attracted histories, six of the former on their downtown closure and move to the Beaumont, Tallaght or St. James's complexes: only Sir Patrick Dun's has failed to find a chronicler. It is now Belfast's turn and this sensibly planned, beautifully produced, han...