A rare presentation of appendiceal diverticulitis associated with pelvic pseudocyst.

abstract：AIM:To enhance the clinical utility of electrogastrography (EGG), which has been recorded since 1922, but is clinically unutilized. METHODS:An innovative method to salvage the promise of EGG is proposed by introducing a preliminary procedure, while maintaining the electrodes, standardized equipment, and signal process...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Poscente MD,Mintchev MP

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype distribution and transmission risk factors in a population of unselected patients in Luxembourg. METHODS:Epidemiological information (gender, age and transmission risks) were collected from 802 patients newly diagnosed for hepatitis C and living in Luxembourg, among ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Roman F,Hawotte K,Struck D,Ternes AM,Servais JY,Arendt V,Hoffman P,Hemmer R,Staub T,Seguin-Devaux C,Schmit JC

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the utility of local tumor therapy combined with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for malignant obstructive biliary disease. METHODS:A total of 233 patients with malignant biliary obstruction were treated in our hospital with PTBD by placement of metallic stents and/or plastic tubes. A...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qian XJ,Zhai RY,Dai DK,Yu P,Gao L

更新日期：2006-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common and highly fatal malignancies worldwide. Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of HCC. High HBV replication rate and related non-resolving inflammation are the major risk factors of HCC occurrence and postoperative recurrence. Early pro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Du Y,Han X,Ding YB,Yin JH,Cao GW

更新日期：2016-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether any changes have occurred on the patterns of colorectal cancer in China. METHODS:Data from 21 Chinese articles published from 1980 to 1999, were used to analyze the time trend of colorectal cancer according to the patients' age at diagnosis, sex, the site of the tumor, stage, and the pathology...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li M,Gu J

更新日期：2005-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the causes of missed diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) or high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) in Chongqing, China. METHODS:The present study summarizes 103 cases of EGC/HGIN detected by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and pathological analysis from January 2010 to December 2011. Dimet...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ren W,Yu J,Zhang ZM,Song YK,Li YH,Wang L

更新日期：2013-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of a chronic disease such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on sexual functioning and body image can significantly impair the quality of life of patients. This review considers the sexual and fertility aspects of IBD patients and their daily management. Modern IBD healthcare management should include appr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Leenhardt R,Rivière P,Papazian P,Nion-Larmurier I,Girard G,Laharie D,Marteau P

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old female patient with terminal ileum Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis presented with recurrent angioedema and urticaria. Investigations ruled out hereditary angioedema, and environmental or food allergen triggers. She was diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria with angioedema, and was treate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Habal F,Huang V

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The KRAS oncogene is mutated in approximately 35%-45% of colorectal cancers, and KRAS mutational status testing has been highlighted in recent years. The most frequent mutations in this gene, point substitutions in codons 12 and 13, were validated as negative predictors of response to anti-epidermal growth factor rece...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tan C,Du X

更新日期：2012-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care (POC) tests enable rapid results and are well established in medical practice. Recent advances in analytical techniques have led to a new generation of POC devices that will alter gastrointestinal diagnostic pathways. This review aims to identify current and new technologies for the POC diagnosis of gast...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huddy JR,Ni MZ,Markar SR,Hanna GB

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The generation of oxygen free radicals has been implicated in the pathogenesis of experimental pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to determine the role of oxygen free radicals in patients with acute pancreatitis. METHODS:The plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), lipid peroxide (LPO), myeloperoxidase (MPO...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Park BK,Chung JB,Lee JH,Suh JH,Park SW,Song SY,Kim H,Kim KH,Kang JK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign neoplasia of the duodenum are very rare. Moreover, duodenal tubulovillous adenomas are more uncommon lesions. The microscopic structure of tubulovillous adenoma has frond-like projection of mucosa with branching papillary structure and generally upward growth into the lumen. We describe a 72-year-old man who sh...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim JH,Choi JW,Seo YS,Lee BJ,Yeon JE,Kim JS,Byun KS,Bak YT,Kim I,Park JJ

更新日期：2007-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the changes that occur in E-cadherin expression during the process of metastasis in colorectal cancer. METHODS:E-cadherin expression was detected by immunohistochemistry and two indices of expression were calculated which reflected the level of expression and the locations (membrane and cytoplasm). ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Elzagheid A,Algars A,Bendardaf R,Lamlum H,Ristamaki R,Collan Y,Syrjanen K,Pyrhonen S

更新日期：2006-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of adeno-associated virus (AAV) mediated expression of human interferon-gamma for gene therapy in experimental hepatic fibrosis in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:We constructed the recombinant AAV encoding human INF-gamma (rAAV- INF-gamma) and took the primary rat hepatic stellate cells and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen M,Wang GJ,Diao Y,Xu RA,Xie HT,Li XY,Sun JG

更新日期：2005-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated endocrine carcinomas of the small bowel are fairly rare neoplasms that present many clinical challenges. They secrete peptides and neuroamines that may cause carcinoid syndrome. However, many are clinically silent until late presentation with major effects. Initial treatment aims to control carcino...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Poncet G,Faucheron JL,Walter T

更新日期：2010-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To compare the features of gastroesophageal reflux disease between elderly and younger patients.METHODS:Twenty-four hour pH-monitoring and endoscopy were performed for the 66 elderly patients with typical gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, and the results were compared with 112 symptomatic younger patients.RESULTS:...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang X,Zhu HM,Deng CZ,Porro GB,Sangaletti O,Pace F

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the safety of healthy living liver donors is widely recognized during donor hepatectomy which is associated with blood loss, transfusion, and subsequent post-operative morbidity. Although the low central venous pressure (CVP) technique can still be effective, it may not be advantageous concerning the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Choi SS,Kim SH,Kim YK

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify preoperative predictive factors associated with malignancy of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas. METHODS:Between April 1995 and April 2010, 129 patients underwent surgical resection for IPMNs at our institute and had confirmed pathologic diagnoses. The medical records wer...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee JH,Lee KT,Park J,Bae SY,Lee KH,Lee JK,Jang KT,Heo JS,Choi SH,Choi DW,Rhee JC

更新日期：2010-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of p53 on apoptosis and proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). METHODS:A total of 136 patients with HCC received TACE and other management before surgery were divided into TACE group and non-TACE group. TACE group ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xiao EH,Li JQ,Huang JF

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes colitis and diarrhea, and is considered a candidate pathogen in inflammatory bowel diseases as well as colorectal cancers. These diseases are dependent on ETBF-secreted toxin (BFT). Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in directing the nature of adap...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ko SH,Jeon JI,Woo HA,Kim JM

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate a suitable long-term culture system and optimal cryopreservation of intestinal organoid to improve organoid-based therapy by acquiring large numbers of cells. METHODS:Crypts were isolated from jejunum of C57BL/6 mouse. Two hundred crypts were cultured in organoid medium with either epidermal growth ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Han SH,Shim S,Kim MJ,Shin HY,Jang WS,Lee SJ,Jin YW,Lee SS,Lee SB,Park S

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) is a rare and distinct variant of fibrosarcoma, composed of epithelioid tumor cells arranged in strands, nests, cords, or sheets embedded within a sclerotic collagenous matrix. We report a 39-year-old man with SEF of the liver, which infiltrated the inferior vena cava (IVC). T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tomimaru Y,Nagano H,Marubashi S,Kobayashi S,Eguchi H,Takeda Y,Tanemura M,Kitagawa T,Umeshita K,Hashimoto N,Yoshikawa H,Wakasa K,Doki Y,Mori M

更新日期：2009-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the possible ameliorative effect of breastfeeding and the uptake of human colostrum against coeliac disease in autistic rats. METHODS:Female rats were fed a standard diet and received a single intraperitoneal injection of 600 mg/kg sodium valproate on day 12.5 after conception. In study 1, neonatal rats...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Selim ME,Al-Ayadhi LY

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the actual clinical management and associated factors of delayed perforation after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). METHODS:A total of 4943 early gastric cancer (EGC) patients underwent ESD at our hospital between January 1999 and June 2012. We retrospectively assessed the actual managem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki H,Oda I,Sekiguchi M,Abe S,Nonaka S,Yoshinaga S,Nakajima T,Saito Y

更新日期：2015-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the correlation between expression of somatostatin (SS), gastrin (GAS) and cell apoptosis regulation gene bcl-2/bax in large intestine carcinoma. METHODS:Sixty-two large intestine cancer tissue samples were randomly and retrospectively selected from patients with large intestine carcinoma. Immunohistoch...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mao JD,Wu P,Xia XH,Hu JQ,Huang WB,Xu GQ

更新日期：2005-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor caffeic acid phenethy1 ester (CAPE) in the proliferation, collagen synthesis and apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) of rats. METHODS:The HSCs from rats were isolated and cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) and treated ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao WX,Zhao J,Liang CL,Zhao B,Pang RQ,Pan XH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the 10 most common cancers worldwide. There is no ideal treatment for HCC yet and many researchers are trying to improve the effects of treatment by changing therapeutic strategies. As the majority of human cancers seem to exhibit either abnormal p53 gene or disrupted p53 gene ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guan YS,La Z,Yang L,He Q,Li P

更新日期：2007-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the bowel habits and the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to investigate the influence of health behavior and social factors on IBS prevalence in university students. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was conducted at five major universities in Greater Beirut and its suburbs, between F...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Costanian C,Tamim H,Assaad S

更新日期：2015-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been recognized to be both a hepato- and lymphotropic virus. HCV lymphotropism represents an essential lap in the pathogenesis of virus-related autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disorders, ranging from clonal expansion of B-cells with organ- and non-organ-specific autoantibody production u...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Conca P,Tarantino G

更新日期：2009-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Granuloma is considered the hallmark of microscopic diagnosis in Crohn's disease (CD), but granulomas can be detected in only 21-60% of CD patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of granulomas by multiple endoscopic biopsies in patients with CD and to examine whether group of patients with or ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Molnár T,Tiszlavicz L,Gyulai C,Nagy F,Lonovics J

更新日期：2005-05-28 00:00:00