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Oct 3rd, 2022 - To summarize the clinical and biochemical parameters and the distribution of HLA-DQ genotypes among adult patients with celiac disease (CD) in Northwest China. This cross-sectional study retrospectively collected clinical, biochemical, and genotyp...

Oct 2nd, 2022 - Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease characterized by chronic nonspecific inflammation, which leads to clinical compression manifestations of retroperitoneal organs especially ureter. Approximately 70 percent of retroperitoneal fibrosis case...

Oct 1st, 2022 - BACKGROUND Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare tumor that can occur in different organs and anatomical locations. Colonic sarcomatoid carcinoma, also known as carcinosarcoma, is an extremely rare tumor, with only 32 cases reported world-wide. The path...

Oct 1st, 2022 - Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare disease with a variable clinical presentation and often late diagnosis. Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) permits to determine the site of the obstructed venous tracts, the thrombotic or non-thrombotic nature of th...

Oct 1st, 2022 - Persistent descending mesocolon, an anomaly of fixation of the mesentery of the descending colon, can sometimes cause complications such as intestinal obstruction and intussusception. We present the first reported case of sigmoid volvulus with per...

Sep 28th, 2022 - Patients presenting with acute abdominal pain that occurs after months or years following bariatric surgery may present for assessment and management in the local emergency units. Due to the large variety of surgical bariatric techniques, emergenc...

May 13th, 2021 - Lactose intolerance (LI) is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal pain, or bloating occurring after lactose consumption in patients with lactose malabsorption. The National Institute of Health (NIH) proposed a double-blind placebo testing to identi...

Nov 11th, 2020 - Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) results from the inability to achieve adequate postprandial intestinal blood flow, usually from atherosclerotic occlusive disease at the origins of the mesenteric vessels. Patients typically present with postprand...

Jul 18th, 2020 - Thanks to ready access to hydrogen breath testing, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is now commonly diagnosed among individuals presenting with a variety of gastrointestinal and even non-gastrointestinal complaints and is increasingly implica...

May 7th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

Sep 30th, 2022 - Crohn's disease (CD) is a long-lasting condition causing inflammation that can affect any part of the gut. CD may cause tiredness, loose stools with or without bleeding, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever. This study evaluates how safe and eff...

Sep 30th, 2022 - This phase 4 study will evaluate the response to Sucraid® in pediatric subjects aged 6 months to 17 years old with low (< 25 µM/min/gram protein), moderate (25-35 µM/min/gram protein), and normal (> 55 µM/min/gram protein) sucrase activities. Subj...

Sep 29th, 2022 - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by chronic abdominal pain related to alterations in defecation. Although the diagnostic criteria used in various consensuses may mask its true prevalence and incidence, it is known that it suffers be...

Sep 29th, 2022 - Systemic mastocytosis is a disorder caused by clonal mast cell proliferation and release of mast cell mediators including tryptase. As a result, mast cell numbers may increase and affect target organs including the dermis (maculopapular cutaneous ...

Sep 29th, 2022 - Chios mastic is the resin of the mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus var. Chia), produced exclusively in the southern part of the Greek island of Chios. References about its medical use from local populations for the treatment of gastrointestinal diso...

Oct 3rd, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an accelerated approval for a new drug, futibatinib (Lytgobi), to be used for patients with a certain type of biliary tract cancer. Futibatinib was granted priority review and breakthrough desi...

Sep 23rd, 2022 - Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs) are characterized by GI signs or symptoms occurring along with tissue eosinophilia. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is the more commonly recognized EGID as endoscopic and histopathologic diagnostic cri.

Sep 22nd, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo) in 40-mg and 80-mg capsules for adults with locally advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive solid tumors that have progressed during or follow...

Sep 21st, 2022 - Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by a three-phase clinical course comprising an initial chronic phase, an accelerated phase, and a blast phase. Most cases of CML are diagnosed in the chronic phase, ...

Sep 21st, 2022 - A new guideline aims to help primary care doctors differentiate pollen food syndrome (PFS) — a cross-reactive allergic reaction to certain raw, but not cooked, plant foods — from other food allergies. The guideline from the British Society of Alle...