we report the case of a 40-year-old male patient admitted to the surgery ward in our hospital for recent abdominal pain, abdominal distention and fever. he had a history of similar abdominal pain and distention; for which he had undergone a laparotomy. laboratory data revealed leukocytosis with eosinophilia (42%). upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed diffuse severe erythematous pangastritis....

BACKGROUND To establish optimal cutoff values for serologic diagnosis of fundic atrophy in a high-risk area for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cancer with high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in Northern Iran, we performed an endoscopy-room-based validation study. METHODS We measured serum pepsinogens I (PGI) and II (PGII), gastrin 17 (G-17), and antibodies agai...

Choledocholithiasis is the presence of stones in common bile duct (CBD). post-cholecystectomy rare. Nonetheless, this a report 40-year-old woman who was presented with severe epigastric pain high-grade fever, tea-coloured urine, pale stool, and jaundice. She had history pangastritis cholecystectomy two years ago.This case describes significant diagnostic dilemma choledocholithiasis, particularl...

H. pylori gastritis and gastric acid closely interact. In H. pylori-positive patients, profound acid suppressive therapy induces a corpus-predominant pangastritis, which is associated with accelerated corpus gland loss and development of atrophic gastritis. Both corpus-predominant and atrophic gastritis have been associated with an increased risk of development of gastric cancer. H. pylori erad...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the results of upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy in women with dyspeptic symptoms were evaluated retrospectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred thirty seven women with dyspeptic symptoms were evaluated with diagnostic endoscopy. An area from the oropharynx to the second part of the duodenum was inspected during endoscopic examination. RESULTS The mean age ...

We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient admitted for recent ascites and splenomegaly of unknown origin. The patient was referred to our institution with complaints of diarrhea, epigastric pain, abdominal cramping and weight loss over the past three weeks. The acute onset presented with colicky abdominal pain and peritoneal effusion. History revealed reduced appetite and weight gain of ...