Spontaneously Ruptured Dermoid Cysts and Their Potential Complications: A Review of the Literature with a Case Report by Rebecca Yuan Li, Yogesh Nikam, Supuni Kapurubandara

“…Her operative course was complicated by inadvertent iatrogenic small bowel injury, unsuccessful laparoscopy, needing conversion to laparotomy. …”
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A Patient with Multiple Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumours Presenting with Jejunal Intussusception by Kavinda Deshapriya Bandara, Sanjeevan Ravindrakumar, Kirushanthan Veerasingam, Umesh Jayarajah, V. S. D. Rodrigo

“…Abdominal computed tomography revealed small bowel intussusception with two separate highly vascular tumours arising in the small bowel mesentery. …”
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Congenital Vitelline Band Causing Intestinal Obstruction in an Adult with a Double Inferior Vena Cava by Mihiri Wettasinghe, Kumari Pussepitiya, Bandula Samarasinghe, Nuwan Wickramasinghe

“…Vitelline artery remnants are rare causes of intra-abdominal bands leading to bowel obstruction. These bands may be associated with Meckel’s diverticulum. …”
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Vaginal Evisceration: An Unexpected Complication of Conization by Ali Ghassani, Benoit Andre, Caroline Simon-Toulza, Yann Tanguy le Gac, Alejandra Martinez, Fabien Vidal

“…On postoperative day 3, she was admitted for small bowel evisceration through the vagina. Surgical management was based on combined laparoscopic and transvaginal approach and consisted in bowel inspection and reinstatement, peritoneal washing, and dehiscence repair. …”
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Detection Rate and Clinical Relevance of Ink Tattooing during Balloon-Assisted Enteroscopy by C. Römmele, A. Ebigbo, M. Schrempf, H. Messmann, S. K. Gölder

“…Balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE) is a well-established tool in the diagnosis and therapy of small bowel diseases. Ink tattooing of the small bowel is used to mark pathologic lesions or the depth of small bowel insertion. …”
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Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis by Shen-Ann Eugene Yeo, Yon Kuei Lim, Kiat Hon Tony Lim, Choong-Leong Tang

“…We present a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis with toxic hemorrhagic colitis and ischaemic bowel requiring laparotomy and bowel resection.…”
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Aggressive Recurrence of Primary Hepatic Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma after Liver Transplantation by Qusay A. Abdoh, Asma M. Alnajjar, Faisal A. Abaalkhail, Mohammed Al Sebayel, Hussa F. Al-Hussaini, Waleed K. Al-Hamoudi, Hazem Helmy, Mohamad Almansour, Hussien A. Elsiesy

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Sistem Identifikasi Kesehatan Pencernaan Berdasar Suara Usus Menggunakan Embedded System by Ryzaldi Ananda Fabiana, Barlian Henryranu Prasetio, Eko Setiawan, Syahrul Chilmi, Edita Rosana Widasari

“…The system records and detects the bowel noise with auscultation for 10 seconds, and if the bowel noise is detected more than1 time, it means normal condition or health, and vice versa. …”
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Diagnostic Potential of Systemic Eosinophil-Associated Cytokines and Growth Factors in IBD by Katarzyna Neubauer, Malgorzata Matusiewicz, Iwona Bednarz-Misa, Sabina Gorska, Andrzej Gamian, Malgorzata Krzystek-Korpacka

“…Despite the acknowledged contribution of eosinophils to the disease pathogenesis, available data on cytokines closely related to the peripheral eosinophils in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are scattered. We assessed the concentrations of eosinophil-associated cytokines and growth factors in the group of 277 individuals (101 patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), 77 with ulcerative colitis (UC), 16 with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and 83 healthy controls) and referred to IBD activity and the levels of hsCRP. …”
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Intussusception in the Setting of an Ulcerative Colitis Flare by Varag Abed, Alexis Faber, Cristina Jageka, Ryan Goleniak, Raef Fadel

“…Intussusception is an extraordinary cause of acute abdomen in adults and has been defined as the telescoping of a bowel segment into the lumen of an adjacent segment. …”
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Perforated Closed-Loop Obstruction Secondary to Gallstone Ileus of the Transverse Colon: A Rare Entity by S. P. Carr, F. T. MacNamara, K. M. Muhammed, E. Boyle, S. M. McHugh, P. Naughton, A. Leahy

“…Computed tomography (CT) revealed GSI of the transverse colon with a closed-loop large bowel obstruction (LBO) and caecal perforation. The patient underwent emergency laparotomy. …”
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Development status of transitional care work system and evaluation system in China (国内延续性护理工作体系和评价体系构建的发展现况) by HAN Yuan (韩媛), LIU Qin (刘琴), WANG Shuaiying (王帅颖)

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Antibiotic Therapy for Crohn’s Disease: A Review by Simon Lal, A Hillary Steinhart

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Intestinal Immune Imbalance is an Alarm in the Development of IBD by Chunli Hu, Shengtao Liao, Lin Lv, Chuanfei Li, Zhechuan Mei

“…Immune regulation plays a crucial role in human health and disease. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapse bowel disease with an increasing incidence worldwide. …”
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Multicentric Cutaneous Crohn's Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Robert Prokopetz, J Barrie Ross, Peter Smith, Joseph J Sidorov

“…A patient presented with skin lesions at sites not contiguous with Crohn's disease of the bowel and with specific histological features of Crohn's disease occurring two weeks from the onset of bowel symptoms. …”
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Unusual Case of a Torted Mesenteric Fibroid by Rawan Bajis, Gregg Eloundou

“…A right partial hemicolectomy was performed with the assistance of the colorectal surgeon due to suspicion of bowel malignancy. Histology revealed a benign infarcted leiomyoma with adhesions to the adjacent ileum. …”
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Asymptomatic Ileal Neuroendocrine “Carcinoid” Tumor Incidentally Diagnosed on Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy: Does Routine TI Intubation Matter? by Ali Zakaria, Lynna Alnimer, Gregory Byrd, Marc Piper, Michael Raphael, Bradley Warren, Michael Piper

“…They are most commonly located in the small bowel, particularly the terminal ileum. Patients with small bowel NETs may present with abdominal pain, diarrhea, or carcinoid syndrome. …”
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Clinical Presentation and Course of Crohn's Disease in Southeastern Ontario by William T. Depew, Jose Medeiros, Ivan T. Beck, Laurington R. Dacosta, Aubrey Groll

“…Gastroduodenal Crohn's disease was diagnosed in 8.5%, but in all such patients there was involvement of additional small or large bowel. Females (57%) out-numbered males (43%) with a female to male ratio of 1.3. …”
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Successful Expulsion of a Golf Ball from the Sigmoid Colon Using Volume Laxatives by James P. Grantham, Amanda Hii, Tim Bright, David Liu

“…The patient was asymptomatic on presentation, and there was no clinical evidence of bowel injury or mechanical bowel obstruction. Endoscopic removal of the golf ball was pursued under general anaesthesia. …”
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Disutility Study for Adult Patients with Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease by Melany Worbes-Cerezo, Beenish Nafees, Andrew Lloyd, Katy Gallop, Imran Ladha, Cicely Kerr

“…Surgical complications were described following bowel surgery (reference state) and included anastomotic leak, wound infection, prolonged ileus/bowel obstruction, and intra-abdominal abscess. …”
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