Supported by Department of Gastroenterology and Medicine,Fukuoka University School of Medicine,Fukuoka,Japan
Here we report the case of a 34-year-old man who underwent endoscopic removal of a tablespoon from the stomach that was lodged within the duodenum.Removal required the use of a two-channel upper endoscope and polypect...
Supported by the National Nuclear R and D Program of the Ministry of Science,ICt and Future Planning,South Korea
Recurrence of colorectal cancer(CRC)often presents as solitary metastases,oligometastases or oligo-recurrence.Surgical resection became the preferred treatment for patients with CRC lung and hepatic metastases.However...
Supported by The Applied Basic Research Programs of Science and Technology Commission Foundation of Suzhou,No.sys201047
AIM:To investigate the association between hepatocel-lular carcinoma (HCC) susceptibility and a 12-bp inser-tion/deletion polymorphism (rs6147150) in the 3'UTR of ErbB4.METHODS:Using a case-control design,the rs614715...
Lipoma within jejunal duplication presenting as abdominal bloating and partial intestinal obstruction is an exceptional clinical entity.We report a case of 68-year-old man complaining of abdominal bloating for 10 d du...
We report a unique case of intramucosal carcinoma in a tubulovillous adenoma arising from a single diverticulum.Endoscopic mucosal resection(EMR)was carried out successfully and completely with the assistance of lapar...
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under the fund number 22D187, 22D151;the Fluid research fund of Christian Medical College, Vellore-632004, Tamil Nadu, India
AIM: To study the genotype phenotype correlation in Wilson's disease (WD) patients within families. METHODS: We report four unrelated families from South India with nine members affected with WD. Phenotype was classif...
AIM: To determine whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of index cases increases intrafamilial transmission (sexual and nonsexual contacts) of HCV. METHODS: In a case-control descriptive study we enrolled 300-hous...
Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a relatively rare benign hepatic tumor, usually presenting as a solitary lesion; however, multiple Iocalizations have also been described. The association of FNH with other hepatic...
Retrorectal, developmental tail gut cysts, include dermoid cysts, rectal duplication cysts and retrorectal cyst-hamartomas. Retrorectal cyst-hamartomas (RCH) are derived from remnants of the tail gut, the most cauda...
Supported by the Grants From the Key Project of National Outstanding Youth Foundation of China,No.39925032
AIM: To study the distribution of positive lymph nodes within mesorectum and to investigate the possible micrometastasis in negative lymph nodes. METHODS: Large slice technique combined with tissue microarray was used...