Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Emergency endoscopy was performed on two patients subsequently found to be hepatitis B surface antigen carriers. Before their carrier state was determined, nine other patients underwent endoscopy using the same instruments, which had been routinely cleaned between procedures. These patients were all notified within five days of the incident, given ...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Three cases of gastritis glandularis et cystica profunda are presented, two associated with severe chronic gastritis and the other with invasive gastric carcinoma and chronic gastritis. This poorly known entity consists of benign downgrowths of deep gastric glands through the muscularis mucosae into the submucosa. The pattern is primarily adenomato...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
A case has been presented of a patient with a 12-year history of unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding who developed severe aortic stenosis. Small telangiectasia were finally noted on his lip and gastroscopy revealed gastric and duodenal telangiectasia though he had no history of epistaxis and an unremarkable family history. Patients with aortic st...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Plasma protein shedding in the stomach was measured in 23 normal individuals before and after intragastric administration of a 30% solution of ethyl alcohol. Two different methods were used to assess plasma protein shedding. The first technique utilizes [131I]albumin and requires neutralization of the gastric juice. It was used in 12 subjects and f...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Basal pancreatic and biliary outputs were examined in seven healthy volunteers during intravenous infusion of bovine pancreatic polypeptide (BPP) at a mean dose of 320 pmol/kg/hr. BPP significantly (P less than 0.02) inhibited outputs of trypsin and bilirubin, without affecting bicarbonate. These studies suggest the possibility that pancreatic poly...
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences
The first case of obstructive jaundice secondary to a chronic afferent loop obstruction has been reported. The cause of the obstructed afferent loop was found to be a carcinoma of the gastric pouch occurring 25 years after surgery for peptic ulcer disease. The failure to develop any evidence of pancreatitis despite marked dilatation of the biliary ...
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