OBJECTIVE Triggered by the growing knowledge on the link between the intestinal microbiome and human health, the interest in probiotics is ever increasing. The authors aimed to review the recent literature on probiotics, from definitions to clinical benefits, with emphasis on children. SOURCES Relevant literature from searches of PubMed, CINAHL, and recent consensus statements were reviewed. ...

CONTEXT Barrett's esophagus is a common pathological condition in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare endoscopic diagnosis versus histological confirmation. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Cancer Institute of the Imam Khomeini Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 50 patients with a history of gastro-esophageal reflux were r...

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract. It arises as a result of incomplete dissolution of the vitello-intestinal duct. Approximately 4% of patients with Meckel's diverticula develop complications, most commonly obstruction, gastro-intestinal bleeding and inflammation. We describe three unusual presentations of Meckel's diverticulum-perforatio...

A 26-year-old woman was regularly followed up in a gastro-intestinal out-patient clinic. Since early childhood, she was noted to have hyperpigmented lesions over the perioral region (Fig 1a) and fingers (Fig 1b), and a history of small intestinal intussusception due to polyps that was treated by surgery when she was 12 years old. Endoscopic assessment revealed multiple gastric polyps (Fig 1c) a...

BACKGROUND This study describes the burden of bleeding oesophageal varices at the main tertiary referral centre in Accra. DESIGN Retrospective design to describe the endoscopic spectrum and review mortality data following acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Endoscopic data was reviewed in the Endoscopy Unit between 2007 and 2010. Mortality data was collat...

We showed that black soldier fly larvae reared on fruits and vegetables rich in provitamin A carotenoids can accumulate significant amounts of these vitamin precursors. Using a simulated gastro-intestinal digestion model, we demonstrated ?- ?-carotene from the are as bioaccessible they were on. calculated carotenoid-rich have capacity to provide more than molecules. Remarkably, incorporation us...

BACKGROUND: Malignant tumours of the gastro-intestinal tract are not as rare as previous studies suggest. Recent studies have indicated increasing incidence. OBJECTIVE: To document the pattern, age and sex distribution as well as histopathology characteristics of malignant tumours of the gastro-intestinal system in Lagos and Sagamu in South-

The author offers a resumé of capsule endoscopy as a diagnostic modality in the gastro-intestinal tract. Capsule endoscopy (CE) was first described in 2000 and is possibly one of the most important advances in gastro-intestinal diagnostics, since the introduction of endoscopy as a diagnostic modality. The swallowed pill camera shows images, as it is propagated through the gastro-intestinal trac...