abstract：:Nonrotation of the midgut in adults and appendiceal mucocele are both rare pathological conditions. We report here the first case of nonrotation of the midgut associated with appendiceal mucocele. The patient was a 51-year-old man admitted to hospital with ileus. An upper gastrointestinal series and a barium enema rev...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawashima K,Ishihara S,Amano K,Hirakawa K,Adachi K,Fukuda R,Sumi S,Watanabe M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the gastroduodenum is extremely rare in Crohn's disease. For obstructing duodenal Crohn's disease, bypass procedures have traditionally been selected. However, more recently, strictureplasty has become an acceptable surgical option. We treated two Crohn's disease patients with short proximal duodenal st...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takesue Y,Yokoyama T,Akagi S,Ohge H,Murakami Y,Imamura Y,Uemura K,Kanehiro T,Matsuura Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perianal fistulae are frequently seen complications in Crohn's disease. Although surgical procedures such as Seton's method have been devised, many patients still suffer from fistulae that are resistant to conventional therapy. We administered oral adsorbent to a patient with disease Crohn's who had a complicated peri...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsujikawa T,Araki Y,Makino J,Uda K,Ihara T,Sasaki M,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of an alternative postoperative oral intake protocol for Japanese patients who had had oncological colorectal surgery, with the goal of shortening the length of postoperative stay to the same level as that in Western countries. The subjects of the study were 42 consecut...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawamura YJ,Uchida H,Watanabe T,Nagawa H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From its pattern of metastasis and recurrence, gastric carcinoma can be recognized as a slow-growing malignancy whose local control is still the most important part of treatment. With application of asymptomatic population screening and awareness of the high risk of this disease among the general population in Japan, ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sasako M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to clarify what differences the last 25 years have made in surgical results for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We examined results for 716 hepatectomized patients in four treatment eras: first era (1973-1980; n = 58), second era (1981-1985; n = 155), third era (1986-1990; n = 243...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamanaka N,Takata M,Tanaka T,Yamanaka J,Yasui C,Ando T,Kuroda N,Maeda S,Okamoto E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate sex differences in relation to hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in chronic asymptomatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. HBeAg and ALT level were determined in 636 asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen carriers. There was no significant ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsai JF,Chuang LY,Jeng JE,Ho MS,Lin ZY,Hsieh MY,Wang LY,Tsai JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin (SMANCS) sometimes causes hepatic vascular side effects, including arterial stricture, obstruction, and arterio-portal shunt. A total of 128 intra-arterial SMANCS injection treatments, performed for 89 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, were analyzed to determine the relations...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Kobayashi M,Suzuki Y,Suzuki F,Tsubota A,Arase Y,Chayama K,Murashima N,Kumada H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the diurnal variations in ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and apoptosis in the small intestinal mucosa of Mongolian gerbils. First, the feeding, drinking, and ambulatory patterns of the gerbils were recorded. The results indicated that Mongolian gerbils lost diurnal cyclicit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kashiwagi Y,Fujimoto K,Iwakiri R,Yoshida T,Noda T,Aw TY,Niho Y,Sakata T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nifedipine administration (10 mg) on esophageal acid exposure time was investigated in 11 non-reflux esophagitis (non-RE) patients and 11 grade C (Los Angeles classification) reflux esophagitis (RE) patients. In each subject, esophageal pH monitoring was performed, with the subject in the supine position...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa H,Iwakiri K,Sugiura T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little data are available regarding the effects of hepatitis virus serostatus and the severity of coexisting chronic inflammation on intrahepatic recurrence after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We investigated the extent to which these factors modified the prognosis of hepatectomized patients. A total...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamanaka N,Takada M,Tanaka T,Yamanaka J,Yasui C,Ando T,Maeda S,Matsushita K,Okamoto E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 overexpression is remarkably frequent in several human carcinomas and is believed to be a critical event in oncogenesis. We examined cyclin D1 expression, p53 expression, and the Ki-67 labeling index by immunostaining in human gallbladder mucosa in conditions varying from normal to malignant tissue. We also ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Itoi T,Shinohara Y,Takeda K,Nakamura K,Takei K,Sanada J,Horibe T,Saito T,Kasuya K,Ebihara Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tight junction of pancreatic exocrine cells is thought to regulate paracellular permeability, and is a possible reflux route of pancreatic juice into the blood flow. Morphological changes in the tight junction of canine pancreatic acinar cells following intraductal hypertension and secretin stimulation were morpho...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akao S,Oya M,Akiyama H,Ishikawa H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate autonomic nervous function during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, we analyzed R-R interval variability from electrocardiograms obtained during endoscopy. Holter electrocardiogram recordings were made before and after premedication, and during endoscopy. Time- and frequency-domain analyses of heart rat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi T,Nomura M,Honda H,Tezuka K,Torisu R,Takeuchi Y,Nakaya Y,Ito S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with complication of huge hepatic subcapsular hematoma after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for pancreatic lithotripsy. The hematoma measured 78-110mm. Angiography showed a subcapsular hematoma, rather than a hematoma in the liver. In the arterial phase, the distal end of the small v...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hirata N,Kushida Y,Ohguri T,Wakasugi S,Kojima T,Fujita R

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to measure portal blood flow in 12 healthy controls and 17 cirrhotics while they were breath-holding after inspiration and after expiration. We then compared the results with measurements made during normal respiration in the healthy controls and cirrhotics. Blood...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sugano S,Yamamoto K,Sasao K,Watanabe M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we quantitatively measured glycogen levels in tissue samples obtained from tumors, regions adjacent to tumor, and regions of normal colorectum to determine whether the levels were related to cell cycle and cancer growth. Glycogen levels were analyzed in relation to histopathological factors, (tumor size...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takahashi S,Satomi A,Yano K,Kawase H,Tanimizu T,Tuji Y,Murakami S,Hirayama R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 66-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma who was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, and was hospitalized because of hypoglycemia and hypertension. His plasma renin activity was normal (2.3 ng/ml per h), but concentrations of angiotensin I (>2500 pg/ml) and II (86 pg/ml) were high. Increased ang...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Arai H,Saitoh S,Matsumoto T,Makita F,Mitsugi S,Yuasa K,Takagi H,Mori M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between therapeutic response and liver fibrogenesis was studied in serum and liver specimens taken from 31 patients treated with alpha-interferon (IFN) (14 sustained responders and 17 non-responders) for chronic hepatitis C. Serum samples, collected before therapy, and at further 6-month intervals over...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fabris P,Marranconi F,Bozzola L,Biasin MR,De Lazzari F,Plebani M,Benedetti P,Tositti G,Pellizzer G,Stecca C,de Lalla F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who survived total colonic type ulcerative colitis (UC) complicated by toxic megacolon (TM), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, and phlebothrombosis. A 69-year-old man was treated for about 4 months under the diagnosis of ischemic co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Arai H,Hanai H,Furuta T,Sato Y,Yamada M,Kaneko E,Baba S,Sugimura H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of goblet cells (the main mucin-producing cells in the colon) is one of the most reliable histological characteristics of ulcerative colitis, whereas a major symptom of this disease is bloody diarrhea containing a large amount of mucus. The discrepancy between these phenomena was investigated in a time-cours...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakano S,Ohara S,Kubota T,Saigenji K,Hotta K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of massive and recurrent bleeding from ileal varices in a patient with hepatitis C virus-positive liver cirrhosis. A 66-year old woman, who had undergone laparotomy and blood transfusion 36 years before (because of an extrauterine pregnancy) and endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal varices 1 y...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ohtani T,Kajiwara E,Suzuki N,Kawasaki A,Sadoshima S,Sakata H,Sasaguri Y,Onoyama K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic phospholipase A2 (PLase A2) is activated by low Ca2+ concentrations and translocates from the cytosol to the cell membrane, releasing arachidonic acid; the arachidonic acid cascade then leads to the production of many inflammatory mediators. The aim of this study, accordingly, was to investigate the role of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Morita H,Nakanishi K,Dohi T,Yasugi E,Oshima M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional-computed tomography (3D-CT) cholangiography is a 3D shaded surface display image of the biliary tract obtained by using helical CT after intravenous cholangiography or cholangiography per percutaneous transhepatic cholangio-drainage tube. We investigated whether 3D-CT cholangiography could provide a ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kinami S,Yao T,Kurachi M,Ishizaki Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotactic activity of Helicobacter pylori is important for its colonization. H. pylori exhibited chemotactic responses to urea and potassium bicarbonate, which can be supplied from human gastric epithelium. The chemotactic activities of H. pylori in a fluid environment were higher on the urease-positive strain t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoshiyama H,Nakamura H,Kimoto M,Okita K,Nakazawa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new triple therapy using a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics shows high efficiency against Helicobacter pylori infection. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal dose and duration of lansoprazole (LA) administration in combination with amoxicillin (AMPC) and metronidazole (MNZ). A total of 91 pati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nishikawa K,Sugiyama T,Ishizuka J,Kudo T,Komatsu Y,Katagiri M,Sukegawa M,Kagaya H,Kudo M,Kato M,Takeda H,Toyota J,Asaka M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign lesion of the liver which usually presents with one or two localizations. We report a patient with history of resection of a biliary cyst, and who had been taking oral contraceptives for the past 18 years, who had multiple localizations of FNH (more than 30 lesions). The lar...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Colle I,de Beeck BO,Hoorens A,Hautekeete M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between sphincter of Oddi pressure and the morphological structure of the sphincter was studied in eight dogs prepared with a duodenal cannula. Sphincter of Oddi manometry was performed in awake animals in three directions, ventral, left dorsal, and right dorsal, using a catheter with three radial sid...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takeda T,Tohma H,Yoshida J,Naritomi G,Konomi H,Deng ZL,Kinukawa N,Tanaka M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an abundance of evidence that nitric oxide plays a critical role in regulating several components of gastrointestinal mucosal defense. Suppression of nitric oxide synthesis increases susceptibility to injury, while administration of nitric oxide donors increases resistance to injury. On the other hand, nitric...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Elliott SN,Wallace JL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duodenal gastrinoma is recognized as a relatively common cause of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, but its clinical and biological features are not well known. Here we report a case of duodenal gastrinoma with lymph node metastasis which was confirmed by pathology examinations. Hypergastrinemia and gastric acid hypersecret...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takasu A,Shimosegawa T,Fukudo S,Asakura T,Uchi M,Kimura K,Kashimura J,Satoh K,Koizumi M,Sasaki I,Hongo M,Suzuki T,Toyota T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the appropriate period for formalin fixation in order to detect p53 abnormalities in formalin-fixed tissue, we used seven surgically resected human colorectal cancer specimens. The immunohistochemical reactivity of p53 immunostaining and amplification of DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the p53 gene ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsubayashi H,Watanabe H,Nishikura K,Ajioka Y,Maejima T,Kijima H,Saitoh T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although anemia is one of the signs of colorectal cancer, the relationships between histological findings and hematological findings other than hemoglobin level have not been adequately investigated. We investigated the relationship between hematological findings, serum iron, and histological findings in 358 patients ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sadahiro S,Suzuki T,Tokunaga N,Mukai M,Tajima T,Makuuchi H,Saito T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cirrhotic patients with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) in whom chronic blood loss presented a major problem. Case 1, a 69-year-old man, had alcoholic liver cirrhosis, and case 2, a 75-year-old woman, had liver cirrhosis associated with hepatitis C virus. The patients required repeated blood trans...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamada M,Nishimura D,Hoshino H,Katada N,Sano H,Kato K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined hepatocellular (HCC) and cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC) (mixed carcinoma) is a rare subtype of primary hepatic carcinoma. We report a case of mixed carcinoma that developed in a non-cirrhotic liver, in a patient who was serologically negative for both hepatitis B and C viruses. A 65-year-old Japanese woman...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shiraishi M,Takushi Y,Simoji H,Oshiro T,Shinzato S,Tanigawa N,Kusano T,Muto Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) is a non-invasive method for detecting Helicobacter pylori. This study was performed to determine the cutoff value and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of 13C-UBT in Taiwan. 13C-Urea (100 mg of 99% 13C-labeled urea) was dissolved in 50 ml sterile water for the test. The test ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang WM,Lee SC,Ding HJ,Jan CM,Chen LT,Wu DC,Liu CS,Peng CF,Chen YW,Huang YF,Chen CY

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was admitted to Hokuso Shiroi Hospital because of recurrent pain in the lower right side of the abdomen. Small-intestinal cancer was strongly suspected after fluoroscopy of the small intestine. Laparotomy showed advanced cancer of the ileum, of complete annular constrictive type, 9.5 x 5cm in size....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Amano M,Imai Y,Hashimoto T,Saito Y,Miyaoka M,Kawaguchi M,Saito T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYFRA 21-1 is a fragment of cytokeratin 19 (CK 19). Four patients with large intrahepatic (or peripheral) cholangiocarcinoma (CC) and high serum levels of CYFRA 21-1 (normal, < or = 2 ng/ml) are reported. CYFRA 21-1 levels exceeded 9 ng/ml in all 4 patients. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), was high in 1 (CEA; normal r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kashihara T,Ohki A,Kobayashi T,Sato T,Nishizawa H,Ogawa K,Tako H,Kawakami F,Tsuji M,Tamaoka K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether extravariceal collateral pattern contributed to the development of portal-hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) before and after sclerotherapy. Ninety-nine patients with cirrhosis and large esophageal varices were examined in this retrospective study. They were divided into four groups according to tr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakayama M,Iwao T,Oho K,Toyonaga A,Tanikawa K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various types of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been suggested to exert different effects on the colon in terms of promotion or inhibition of tumor development. Results of in vitro and in vivo studies are, however, inconsistent and it remains unclear whether or not the cellular effects of PUFAs change along ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsai WS,Nagawa H,Kaizaki S,Tsuruo T,Muto T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gastrojejunal fistula caused by benign gastric ulcer, a very rare condition. The patient was an 81-year-old-woman who had had multiple recurrences of gastric ulcer. She also had diabetes mellitus. She was admitted to our hospital because of a left femoral head fracture, necessitating a mechanical b...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsuoka M,Yoshida Y,Hayakawa K,Fukuchi S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00