Chronic nonspecific multiple ulcers of the small intestine is a rare but distinct clinical condition, characterized by multiple small intestinal ulcers of nonspecific histology and chronic, persistent gastrointestinal bleeding without nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use. However, because of the term "nonspecific" in its nomenclature, some gastroenterologists have misinterpreted the disease ...

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Crohn’s disease commonly affects the small and large intestines. Its symptoms include ulcers and intestinal stenosis, and its diagnosis is currently performed using an endoscope. However, because the endoscope cannot pass through the stenosed parts of the intestines, diagnosis of the entire intestines is difficult. A CT image-based method is expected to become an alternative way for the diagnos...

BACKGROUND The incidence and mortality from gastric cancer is high in Japanese but extremely low in Thailand. It is different among Asian countries. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference of peptic ulcer disease, glandular atrophy, intestinal metaplasia and topography of chronic active gastritis between the Nepalese and Japanese population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nepalese patie...

Duodeno-gastric reflux has been studied in normal subjects and patients with duodenal and gastric ulceration during the responses to parenteral secretin and cholecystokinin-pancreozymin and to acidification of the small intestine. Reflux was absent or slight in normal subjects and most patients with duodenal ulcer but was appreciable in most patients with gastric ulcer. Duodeno-gastric regurgit...

BACKGROUND Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause gastrointestinal damage by a non-prostaglandin (PG) dependent "topical" action and by inhibiting cyclooxygenase. AIMS To discriminate between these two effects by studying some key pathophysiological steps in NSAID enteropathy following administration of (R)- and (S)-flurbiprofen, the racemic mixture, and an uncoupler, dinitrophe...

The author analysed the results of operations on 19 patients with emergency diseases of the abdominal organs caused by pathological processes in Meckel's diverticulum. The inflammatory process in the diverticulum led to acute obstruction of the small intestine in 12, acute diverticulitis in 5, and peptic ulcer complicated by perforation of the intestinal wall in 2 patients. Two patients died in...

BACKGROUND/AIMS We aimed to investigate the diagnostic applications of capsule endoscopy examination patients in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and to analyze the etiology of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in patients of different ages. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 385 patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, aged 17-91 years, were assigned into three groups as: elderly (>65 ...

A 64-year-old woman visited our hospital for diarrhea that had persisted for 6 months. She had been treated for diabetes insipidus for 10 years. Her serum CA 19-9 and CEA level, and fecal tests were normal, and the tuberculin skin test was negative. Computed tomography (CT) (Fig. 1) showed hypertrophy of the colon (white arrows) and appendix walls (red arrow) and enlargement of many lymph nodes...