It was in the late 18th century when the American essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau quoted " It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. " Indeed, more than 200 years later, this phrase is still valid and relevant, especially in the field of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. Endoscopists in the whole world are working hard to improve diagnosis and therapy of our ...

a 78-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain following the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) for joint pain relief. she underwent ugi endoscopy. during ugi endoscopy she suffered from severe retching despite the use of sedatives. at 6 hours after the procedure, she developed raccoon eyes with chemosis. biopsy from the gastrointestinal (gi) mucosa revealed amyloidosis.

background foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (gi) system but sharp materials may perforate the gi tract and need to surgical intervention. case presentation  the patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. s...

A 21-year-old male reporting melena over one week is presented. Laboratory testing revealed severe anemia (Hgb 7 g/dL). Hyperpigmentation spots were present in the patient’s bucal mucosa and lower lip that arose during infancy. Three years ago, these lesions had raised the clinical suspicion of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) and the patient had undergone an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy a...

Capsule endoscopy has been heralded as a technological milestone in the diagnosis and therapeutics of gastrointestinal (GI) pathologies. The location position capsule within GI tract are important information for subsequent surgical intervention or local drug delivery. Accurate is therefore required during endoscopy. Although radio frequency (RF)-based, magnetic tracking video localization have...

BACKGROUND All patients with liver cirrhosis should undergo screening endoscopy, but there are limitations and this approach places a heavy burden upon endoscopy units. The aim of this study was to compare multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and the platelet/spleen diameter ratio as non-invasive methods for the detection of gastroesophageal varices. METHODS The study included 38 cirrhoti...