Introduction: Endometriosis is a common condition in young females. It can affect various organs and present in a number of ways. Intestinal endometriosis can cause serious complications including small bowel obstruction. Case report: We report the case of a 39-year-old female who had repeated presentations to the emergency department with cyclical right iliac fossa pain caused by intestinal en...

OBJECTIVE Obstruction in the gastrointestinal tract due to ascariasis is a rare clinical manifestation. Intestinal obstruction is extremely rare since the lumen of the intestine is wide. The condition called ascariasis ball is interesting and rarely reported in medical literature. This article reviews reports of this problem in Thailand, a tropical country. METHOD A literature review was made o...

Microencapsulation with hydrocolloids as a modern technique has been used to prolong the survival of probiotics during exposure to harsh conditions. In this study, alginate-Hylon starch microcapsules with genipin cross-linked chitosan and poly-L-lysine coatings were developed to encapsulate four strains of probiotic bacteria, including Lactobacillus casei (ATCC 39392), Bifidobacterium bifidum (...

Microencapsulation with hydrocolloids as a modern technique has been used to prolong the survival of probiotics during exposure to harsh conditions. In this study, alginate-Hylon starch microcapsules with genipin cross-linked chitosan and poly-L-lysine coatings were developed to encapsulate four strains of probiotic bacteria, including Lactobacillus casei (ATCC 39392), Bifidobacterium bifidum (...

Background Sigmoid volvulus (SV) in pregnancy is a very rare entity, which can be associated with extremely high rates of mortality and morbidity for both mother and fetus. Care Report A 22-year-old female patient with a first pregnancy with a gestational age of 27 weeks was referred to the Omolbanin hospital, Mashhad, Iran, ...

Many transcription factors are involved in the molecular control of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. We report in this study that the transcription factor Cdx2 functions to define absorptive enterocytes during intestinal epithelial differentiation. Cdx2 is expressed in the villi of the normal small intestine. Intestinal metaplasia, which expresses Cdx2, occurs as a pathological condi...

ABSTR ACT: Intestinal myiasis is a clinical condition when the fly larvae inhabit the gastrointestinal tract and are excreted in feces. A 26-year-old young male visited the outpatient clinic of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Nepal, with symptoms of loose stool, bloating of abdomen, abdominal discomfort, intestinal hurry following meals, and passage of live wriggling maggots in the stool. Macroscopi...

A 78-year-old Japanese woman presented with anemia. Oral double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) detected multiple ulcerative lesions covered with coagula extending up to approximately 20 cm from the mid-jejunum. Based on the histopathological findings, the patient's condition was diagnosed as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the small intestine. During the second DBE examination, a ...

BACKGROUND Endovascular revascularization has recently been established as a less invasive treatment method for chronic mesenteric ischemia. However, intestinal necrosis caused by distal embolization following this procedure has not been emphasized. CASE PRESENTATION The present report describes a 59-year-old man who was treated with endovascular revascularization for chronic mesenteric ische...

1. What signs and symptoms suggest intestinal obstruction in the neonate? Signs and symptoms vary according to the location of the obstruction. Proximal intestinal obstruction leads to early bilious vomiting, typically with minimal distention. Neonates with distal intestinal obstruction often present after the first day of life with distention and bilious emesis. Bilious emesis in infants and c...