Abstract Parotid gland is a rare site of metastasis from gastrointestinal (GI) tract primary cancer. Here, we present an interesting case report parotid unknown with probable lower GI as cancer, normal colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. This highlights the importance immunohistochemistry in taking treatment decisions during dilemmatic situations.

OBJECTIVE To assess the technical success, ability to eat, complications and clinical outcomes of patients with self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) placed for malignant upper gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data was collected retrospectively on patients who underwent SEMS placement for palliation of malignant upper GI obstruction by reviewing hospital charts from June ...

D ual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors, such as clopidogrel, have become the mainstay of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) either for acute coronary syndromes or for stable coronary artery disease. Recent evidence suggests that lowdose aspirin defined as #100 mg daily is as effective as high-dose aspirin in secondary cardiovascular prevention (1)...

Objectives: To find out Incidence of carcinoma stomach in patients who underwent upper GI endoscopy To identify different pathological conditions in patients who underwent upper GI endoscopy Materials & Methods: A Prospective study was done in seven hundred sixty patients in a period of one and half years in Fishtail Hospital, Gairapatan, and Pokhara, Nepal from April 2008 to September 2010. Fi...

BACKGROUND Duodenal diverticulum is a little-known pathology. The duodenum represents second place in frequency for the presence of diverticula in the digestive tract after the colon. Duodenal diverticulum as a cause of hemorrhage of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been described as an infrequent complication, although it must be considered in patients with digestive hemorrhage withou...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance characteristics of three fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs): the chemical o-toluidine test, the immunochemical OC-Hemodia test, and the immunochromatographic Quick Chaser Occult Blood (QCOB) test, which detect human hemoglobin and transferrin simultaneously in cases of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Included were 48 FOBT specimens i...

The management of incidentally discovered small upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract submucosal tumors (SMT) remains debatable. In this review, we summarize the evolving experience with submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) of upper GI SMTs originating from the muscularis propria. From 16 original studies, we reviewed a total of 703 patients with 736 lesions. Of these, 436 were located ...

S20 S ince the first successful surgery in 1941 (1), the survival of patients with esophageal atresia (EA) has improved greatly. Consequently, the follow-up of these patients has revealed gastrointestinal (GI) complications unrecognized 60 years ago, such as gastroesophageal reflux and esophagitis with their related consequences. Among these complications, 1 of the major concerns in long-term G...

BACKGROUND Most nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2) inhibitors and are associated with a variety of upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract symptoms. The roles of COX-1 and COX-2 in the pathogenesis of these symptoms are unclear. To test whether COX-2 inhibition with rofecoxib would have greater GI tolerability than nonselective COX-1 and CO...

INTRODUCTION Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is increasingly applied in daily practice. Not many data are available on yearly changes in diagnostic yield, nor on changes in morbidity. AIM To study the possible changes in occurrence of abnormalities in the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum. METHODS All consecutive upper GI endoscopies performed over a period of 20 years were included. I...