Antiplatelet drugs are widely used for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cerebral vascular disorders. Although there have been several studies on gastroduodenal mucosal injury with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as GI bleeding, in antiplatelet drug users (including low-dose aspirin (LDA)), there have been few reports on the association between antiplatelet drug use and gastroduo...

Abstract Gastroduodenal artery aneurysm is a rare condition generally diagnosed incidentally. Once detected, it cannot be ignored due to the high risk for rupture. Endovascular intervention may method of effectively treating this condition. We describe elective laparoscopic surgical excision gastroduodenal along with cholecystectomy safely performed in an elderly woman.

BACKGROUND Although it is well known that aspirin causes gastroduodenal mucosal injury and that aspirin-induced gastroduodenal mucosal injury is often asymptomatic, the prevalence and independent factors for gastroduodenal mucosal injury have not been clarified in asymptomatic patients taking low-dose aspirin and gastroprotective agents. AIM To clarify the prevalence and independent factors f...

We report a case of a 51-year-old patient with chronic pancreatitis and a giant gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm. Noninvasive radiological procedures precisely defined the gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm. Catheter angiography revealed the site of extravazation in the upper third of the gastroduodenal artery, and enabled successful embolization with coils. Follow-up CD sonography confir...

BACKGROUND We aimed to elucidate the risk factors and preventive factors associated with chronic low-dose aspirin (L-ASA)-induced gastroduodenal mucosal injury in Japanese patients with arteriosclerotic disease. METHODS This retrospective observational study included 400 L-ASA users who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. We investigated patients' clinical characteristics, including a...

CONTEXT Pancreatic cancer is often complicated with upper gastrointestinal lesions. However, there have been few endoscopic studies in pancreatic cancer patients. We retrospectively investigated the upper gastrointestinal lesions in patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. METHODS Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed in 75 patients with pancrea...

Objective: Neuroimmune interplay is one of the basic elements that determine mucosal health and disease. Continuing discussion of the vagus nerve in maintenance of homeostasis of gastroduodenal area, we aim to revise immunomodulating effects of acetylcholine. Results: Vagus nerve plays a major role in gut mucosa immunity due to cytoprotective properties and modulation of leukocytes activity. St...

We present the case of a 76-year-old man with gastroduodenal intussusception secondary to a gastric hyperplastic polyp. Intussusception in the adult population occurs infrequently. Our patient presented with gastroduodenal intussusception, which is very uncommon and accounts for <10% of all types of intussusception. This case is unique in that partial endoscopic resection of the gastric hyperpl...

Abdominal tuberculosis is the sixth most common site of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. 1 TB may affect any portion of the GI tract however, in 85% of cases ileocecal region is affected whereas gastroduodenal region is involve only 0.3-2.3% of TB cases of abdominal TB. 2 When gastroduodenal TB is seen without any other lesion of TB in body it is known as primary gastroduodenal TB, which is very r...