BACKGROUND Ectopic biliary drainage is a rare congenital anomaly on which we have scarce data in the current literature. METHODS The data were collected from the records of 400 endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP). In this report, we present 10 cases (male/female: 9/1, mean age 54 years, range 38-74) with ectopic biliary openings into the duodenum and/or stomach diagnosed by...

Effects of afferent stimulation of the lingual nerve (LNAS) on gastrointestinal motility and the reflex pathways which mediate the response to LNAS were investigated in rats. LNAS induced excitatory, inhibitory or biphasic responses in the stomach, duodenum and proximal colon. These responses continued after bilateral vagotomy, but were abolished after additional bilateral splanchnicotomy or tr...

F OR more than twenty years examination with the roentgen ray has been an established and extraordinarily efficient method of diagnosing diseases of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and colon, but during most of this period the small bowel beyond the duodenum seldom was subjected to thorough and systematic investigation. For the neglect of this field there seemed to be good and sufficient reaso...

Either metastatic or primary squamous cell carcinoma in the gastrointestinal tract is extremely rare, with very few cases reported in the literature. In this paper, we report a case in which the patient presented with dysphagia during the course of radiotherapy for recurrent lung cancer in a mediastinal lymph node. Although the dysphagia mimicked radiation esophagitis, the ultimate cause proved...

sory, or aberrant pancreas is a pancreatic tissue without anatomic and vascular continuity within the main body of the gland, and is most commonly found in the antrum of the stomach, duodenum, or proximal jejunum (1, 2). Ectopic pancreas in the proximal stomach has been rarely reported (3). However, the coexistence of two ectopic pancreases at the gastric cardia and antrum in a patient has not ...

The ampulla of Vater is commonly located in the posteromedial wall of the second portion of the duodenum. At times, the ampulla of Vater may be found at uncommon sites such as the third and fourth portions of the duodenum, the duodenal bulb and the stomach. We found the ampulla of Vater in the pyloric channel in a 44 year old patient who had undergone surgery for acute cholecystitis. An intra-o...

Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of hyaline material in the skin and internal organs. The main clinical features are hoarseness and typical skin lesions. In this report we describe the endoscopic and radiologic findings in a Brazilian female patient presenting extensive gastrointestinal involvement and the evolution of the detected lesions...

Multivisceral organ transplantation involves the transplantation of three or more abdominal organs, including small bowel, duodenum, stomach, liver, pancreas, colon, and so on. The large amounts of cold and acidic loading into systemic circulation from the graft during multivisceral organ transplantation may result in severe post-reperfusion syndrome (PRS). We describe here a 6-year-old pediatr...