Epidermoid cyst in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen in the pancreas head: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current literature has demonstrated that host glutamine depletion facilitates tumorigenesis. Likewise, the glutamine transporter SLC38A1 is putatively associated with malignant transformation and tumor progression. Taken together, this forms the premise for undertaking the current study. The twofold aim of t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Xie J,Li P,Gao HF,Qian JX,Yuan LY,Wang JJ

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease in Asians. However, data on prevalence and factors associated with NAFLD in Asians are lacking. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of NAFLD in Shanghai employees to assess the relationship between N...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hu X,Huang Y,Bao Z,Wang Y,Shi D,Liu F,Gao Z,Yu X

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perianal fistula surgery can damage the anal sphincters which may cause faecal incontinence. By measuring regional pressures, 3D-HRAM potentially provides better guidance for surgical strategy in patients with perianal fistulas. The aim was to measure regional anal pressures with 3D-HRAM and to compare these...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Felt-Bersma RJF,Vlietstra MS,Vollebregt PF,Han-Geurts IJM,Rempe-Sorm V,Vander Mijnsbrugge GJH,Molenaar CBH

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a complex and heterogeneous genetic disease that has well-established clinical diagnostic criteria. These criteria do not include gastrointestinal tumors. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a 45-year-old patient with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of TSC and a family history...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Reis LB,Konzen D,Netto CBO,Braghini PMB,Prolla G,Ashton-Prolla P

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multisystem non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is characterized histologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones. The xanthomatous process is characterized by prominent foamy histiocytes staining positive f...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pan A,Doyle T,Schlup M,Lubcke R,Schultz M

更新日期：2011-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The small intestine is extremely sensitive to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and a range of microcirculatory disturbances which contribute to tissue damage. Previous studies have shown that leptin plays an important physiological role in the microvasculature. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prot...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hacioglu A,Algin C,Pasaoglu O,Pasaoglu E,Kanbak G

更新日期：2005-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysphagia and feeding intolerance are common in neurologically handicapped children. The aim is to determine the etiologies of feeding intolerance in neurologically handicapped children who are intolerant of tube feedings. METHODS:Eighteen neurologically handicapped children, followed in the Tube Feeding Cl...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Werlin SL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently there is no disease-specific outcome measure to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of pediatric patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). Therefore, the objective of this qualitative study was to further develop and finalize the items and support the content validity for the new ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Franciosi JP,Hommel KA,Greenberg AB,DeBrosse CW,Greenler AJ,Abonia JP,Rothenberg ME,Varni JW

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rumination syndrome (RS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGD) increasingly recognized in children and adolescents. The epidemiology of this condition in school aged children is poorly understood. The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of rumination and other related associat...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Rajindrajith S,Devanarayana NM,Crispus Perera BJ

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To exam the biochemical, obstetric management and pregnancy outcome in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). METHODS:Pregnancy outcome in patients with ICP (N = 307) was studied and patients treated with UDCA (N = 208) vs. no UDCA were compare...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Joutsiniemi T,Timonen S,Linden M,Suvitie P,Ekblad U

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine serum adiponectin in BA patients and to investigate the relationship of adiponectin with clinical parameters and liver stiffness scor...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Honsawek S,Chayanupatkul M,Chongsrisawat V,Theamboonlers A,Praianantathavorn K,Udomsinprasert W,Vejchapipat P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim was to explore the association of ERCC1 and TS mRNA levels with the disease free survival (DFS) in Chinese colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving oxaliplatin and 5-FU based adjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS:Total 112 Chinese stage II-III CRC patients were respectively treated by four different chemothe...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li S,Zhu L,Yao L,Xia L,Pan L

更新日期：2014-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral iron supplementation is often associated with rapid onset of gastrointestinal side-effects. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a short, simple questionnaire to capture these early side-effects and to determine which symptoms are more discriminating. METHODS:The study was a double-blind plac...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pereira DI,Couto Irving SS,Lomer MC,Powell JJ

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) fatigue is a major clinical problem. Abnormal amino acid (AA) patterns have been implicated in the development of fatigue in several non-hepatological conditions but for PBC and PSC no data are available. This study aimed to identify...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： ter Borg PC,Fekkes D,Vrolijk JM,van Buuren HR

更新日期：2005-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholelithiasis is the gallstone disease (GSD) where stones are formed in the gallbladder. The main function of the gallbladder is to concentrate bile by the absorption of water and sodium. GSD has high prevalence among elderly adults. There are three major types of gallstones found in patients, White, Black ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Kleiner O,Ramesh J,Huleihel M,Cohen B,Kantarovich K,Levi C,Polyak B,Marks RS,Mordehai J,Cohen Z,Mordechai S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and immune activation have repeatedly been suggested as pathogentic factors in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The driving force for immune activation in IBS remains unknown. The aim of our study was to find out if the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia could be involved in the pathogenes...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Dlugosz A,Törnblom H,Mohammadian G,Morgan G,Veress B,Edvinsson B,Sandström G,Lindberg G

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was discovered as the major autoantigen of Crohn's disease (CD)-specific pancreatic autoantibodies (PAB). We investigated anti-GP2 IgA and IgG antibodies as novel serological parameters in CD and assessed their association with distinct disease phenotypes. METHODS:Anti-GP2 and anti-Sacc...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Bogdanos DP,Roggenbuck D,Reinhold D,Wex T,Pavlidis P,von Arnim U,Malfertheiner P,Forbes A,Conrad K,Laass MW

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bowel symptoms are considered indicators of the presence of colorectal cancer and other bowel diseases. Self administered questionnaires that elicit information about lower bowel symptoms have not been assessed for reliability, although this has been done for upper bowel symptoms. Our aim was to develop a se...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Adelstein BA,Irwig L,Macaskill P,Katelaris PH,Jones DB,Bokey L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer has significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Good prognosis relies on an early diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to develop techniques for identifying cancer biomarkers in the serum of patients with pancreatic cancer. METHODS:Serum samples from five individuals with pancreatic...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Rong Y,Jin D,Hou C,Hu J,Wu W,Ni X,Wang D,Lou W

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms of ulcerative colitis (UC) has accumulated and the disease is widely assumed to be the consequence of genetic susceptibility and an abnormal immune response to commensal bacteria. However evidence regarding an infectious etiology in UC remains elusive...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Miner J,Gillan MM,Alex P,Centola M

更新日期：2005-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a recent study we had evidence that sulphite oxidase (SO) may be a relevant autoantigen in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Aim of the present study was, therefore, to analyse humoral and cellular immune-reactivity towards SO in these patients in more detail. METHODS:Sera from 53 patients with PSC (...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Preuß BE,Berg CP,Werner C,Plankenhorn S,Malek NP,Klein R

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in TYMP gene, encoding nuclear thymidine phosphorylase (TP). MNGIE mainly presents with gastrointestinal symptoms and is mostly misdiagnosed in many patients as malabsorption syndrome, inf...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Habibzadeh P,Silawi M,Dastsooz H,Bahramjahan S,Ezzatzadegan Jahromi S,Ostovan VR,Yavarian M,Mofatteh M,Faghihi MA

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhanced expression of MAdCAM-1 (mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1) is associated with the onset and progression of inflammatory bowel disease. The clinical significance of elevated MAdCAM-1 expression is supported by studies showing that immunoneutralization of MAdCAM-1, or its ligands reduce infla...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Sasaki M,Jordan P,Houghton J,Meng X,Itoh M,Joh T,Alexander JS

更新日期：2003-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the safety, efficacy and outcomes of fast-track rehabilitation applied to gastric cancer proximal, distal and total gastrectomy. METHODS:Eighty consecutive patients undergoing gastric cancer resection performed by a single surgeon, received perioperative multimodal rehabilitation. Demographic an...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Song JX,Tu XH,Wang B,Lin C,Zhang ZZ,Lin LY,Wang L

更新日期：2014-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic diarrhea in adults is a common symptom with a wide range of underlying etiologies. Although various strategies have been proposed for evaluation, there are still cases with undetermined origins even after extensive workup. Amyloidosis with gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is one of the causes that s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang C,Li Y,Jin Y,Zhou W,Zhu Y,Yao F,Qian J

更新日期：2013-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pancreatitis is the most common complication of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In spite of continuing research, no pharmacologic agent capable of effectively reducing the incidence of ERCP-induced pancreatitis has found its way into clinical practise. ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Fluhr G,Mayerle J,Weber E,Aghdassi A,Simon P,Gress T,Seufferlein T,Mössner J,Stallmach A,Rösch T,Müller M,Siegmund B,Büchner-Steudel P,Zuber-Jerger I,Kantowski M,Hoffmeister A,Rosendahl J,Linhart T,Maul J,Czakó L,

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritumoral ductular reaction (DR) was reported to be related to the prognosis of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Non-mucin-producing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) which may be derived from small bile duct cells or liver progenitor cells (LPCs) was known to us...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shen Z,Xiao J,Wang J,Lu L,Wan X,Cai X

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The <80 % Helicobacter pylori eradication rate with sequential therapy is unsatisfactory. Modified bismuth quadruple therapy, replacing metronidazole with amoxicillin, could be promising because H. pylori resistance to tetracycline or to amoxicillin is relatively low. A 14-day modified bismuth quadruple prot...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lee JY,Kim N,Park KS,Kim HJ,Park SM,Baik GH,Shim KN,Oh JH,Choi SC,Kim SE,Kim WH,Park SY,Kim GH,Lee BE,Jo Y,Hong SJ

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of colonic obstructions result from colorectal cancer. However, malignancies of extra-colonic origin can also disrupt colorectal patency, and the efficacy of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) insertion as a bridge to surgery in these patients are still in debate. The aim of this study is to eva...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Kim EJ,Han SH,Kim KO,Chung JW,Park DK,Kwon KA,Kim JH

更新日期：2020-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural course and treatment strategies for asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic pancreatic necrosis are still poorly defined. The aim of this retrospective study was to establish criteria for the need of intervention in patients with pancreatic necrosis. METHODS:A total of 31 consecutive patients (18 male,...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Jürgensen C,Arlt A,Neser F,Fritscher-Ravens A,Stölzel U,Hampe J

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00