Pearls and Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Adult Celiac Disease by Hugh J Freeman

“…Pathological abnormalities of celiac disease may include severe (‘flat’) or variably severe (mild or moderate) small bowel mucosal architectural abnormalities that are associated with both epithelial cell and lymphoid cell changes, including intraepithelial lymphocytosis. …”
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Duodenum and ascending colonal perforation due to biliary stent migration by Qiuping Gu, Xinyan Liu, Chunping Zhu, Jiaming Huang

“…Introduction: Bowel perforation due to migrated biliary stent is a rare complication. …”
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Retroperitoneal Cecal Perforation Resulting from Obstructive Ascending Colon Adenocarcinoma by Daniel Paramythiotis, Anestis Karakatsanis, Moysis Moysidis, Diamantoula Pagkou, Petros Bangeas, Antonios Michalopoulos

“…A total percentage of 9-27% of colorectal cancer patients present with acute abdomen, bowel obstruction, perforation, or bleeding. Perforation as the first presentation of the disease is seen in no more than 2.6-10% of patients. …”
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Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction of an Outpatient Colonoscopy Service in an Asian Tertiary Care Hospital by Wah-Kheong Chan, Khean-Lee Goh

“…The main factors that contributed to unfavorable responses were bowel preparation followed by waiting times for colonoscopy appointment and on colonoscopy day (32.3%, 27.5%, and 19.6%, resp.). …”
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent, Unknown Risk Patient by Yutaka Tomizawa, Emmanuelle B. Yecies, Fiona E. Craig, Adam Sohnen

“…A couple of days after the antibiotics were started, the small bowel obstruction started to resolve with resumption of bowel movements and tolerance of oral intake. …”
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TRPV Subfamily (TRPV2, TRPV3, TRPV4, TRPV5, and TRPV6) Gene and Protein Expression in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by Joel J. Toledo Mauriño, Gabriela Fonseca-Camarillo, Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda, Rafael Barreto-Zuñiga, Braulio Martínez Benítez, Julio Granados, Jesus K. Yamamoto-Furusho

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Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Practice Patterns in Ontario: A Population-Based Study by Susan E Schultz, Chris Vinden, Linda Rabeneck

“…OBJECTIVE: To conduct a population-based study on the provision of large bowel endoscopic services in Ontario.…”
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Healthy Living: Tips for Staying Regular by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Constipation means having a bowel movement fewer than three times a week. Stools are usually hard and can be painful to pass. …”
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Surgical Management of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: A Case Report in Kidney Transplant Patient by R. Shahbazov, M. Talanian, J. L. Alejo, F. Azari, A. Agarwal, K. L. Brayman

“…Despite successful renal transplantation, EPS progressed to cause small bowel obstruction (SBO) requiring PEG-J placement for enteral nutrition and gastric decompression. …”
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Same-Day Regimen as an Alternative to Split Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Cristina Bucci, Fabiana Zingone, Pietro Schettino, Clelia Marmo, Riccardo Marmo

“…Background. Split bowel preparation is the best regimen for colonoscopy. …”
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Concealed Enterovesical Fistula Associated with Forgotten Intra-Abdominal Haemostat and Intravesical Towel by Ademola Alabi Popoola, J. O. Bello, G. G. Ezeoke, K. T. Adeshina, A. Fadimu

“…Enterovesical fistula is rare and is often caused by bowel inflammatory diseases and tumours in the urinary bladder or the intestine with local infiltration of bowel or bladder, respectively. …”
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Comparison of Therapeutic Effects of Laparoscopic and Open Operation for Congenital Choledochal Cysts in Adults by Yuan Liu, Xu Yao, Shuqiang Li, Wenhan Liu, Lei Liu, Jingang Liu

“…The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, time until bowel motion recovery, duration of drainage, postoperative stay, time until resumption of diet, postoperative complications, and perioperative laboratory values were recorded and analyzed in both groups. …”
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Common variable immunodeficiency: An uncommon cause of bronchiectasis, granulomatous disease, chronic liver disease, and enteropathy – Case report and review of literature by Veena Shamsudeen, Arun Hegde, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Nisha Verma, Anurag Jain

“…Gastrointestinal involvement may manifest either in the form of an infectious diarrhea due to parasites such as Giardia lamblia and bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, or as a noninfectious enteropathy resembling coeliac disease or inflammatory bowel disease. Some patients develop a granulomatous disease manifesting with noncaseating granulomas, especially of lymph nodes, skin, lung, spleen, and liver. …”
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Coccidioidomycosis Masquerading as Eosinophilic Ascites by Kourosh Alavi, Pradeep R. Atla, Tahmina Haq, Muhammad Y. Sheikh

“…Abdominal imaging showed thickened small bowel and endoscopic testing negative for gastric and small bowel biopsies. …”
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Polyethylene Glycol 3350 in the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: Post hoc Analysis Using FDA Endpoints by Stacy B. Menees, Anthony J. Lembo, William D. Chey

“…Post hoc analyses were performed using the US Food and Drug Administration endpoint (≥3 complete spontaneous bowel movements/week and an increase of ≥1 complete spontaneous bowel movement/week from baseline for ≥9/12 weeks, including 3 of the last 4 weeks) along with additional efficacy and safety outcomes. …”
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Comparison of IgA Endomysium Antibody and IgA Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody in Celiac Disease by Helen R Gillett, Hugh J Freeman

“…A reference range was calculated to include 99.8% of the disease control group in whom small bowel biopsy showed no evidence of celiac disease. …”
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Successful minimally invasive management using transcatheter arterial embolization in a hemodynamically stable elderly patient with mesenteric vascular injury in a hybrid emergency... by So Ra Ahn, Joo Hyun Lee, Sang Hyun Seo, Chan Yong Park

“…TAE was performed successfully, and there were no complications such as bleeding, bowel ischemia, or delayed bowel perforation. He was discharged on the 23rd day after admission with percutaneous catheter drainage for drainage of mesenteric hematoma. …”
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Adhesions to Mesh after Ventral Hernia Mesh Repair Are Detected by MRI but Are Not a Cause of Long Term Chronic Abdominal Pain by Odd Langbach, Stein Harald Holmedal, Ole Jacob Grandal, Ola Røkke

“…MRI can detect adhesions between bowel and abdominal wall in a fair reliable way. …”
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Clinical analysis of 17 cases of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula by GAO Xin, ZHAI Peng‐fei, LIU Wei

“…At the final follow⁃up, spinal cord function improved in 13 cases (including improvement in gait scores in 8 cases, and gait and bowel and bladder scores in 5 cases), while no improvement was observed in 4 cases. …”
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Cryptogenic Multifocal Ulcerous Stenosing Enteritis: A Review of the Literature by Darina Kohoutová, Jolana Bártová, Ilja Tachecí, Stanislav Rejchrt, Rudolf Repák, Marcela Kopáčová, Jan Bureš

“…Deep enteroscopy enables precise diagnostic work, possible endoscopic treatment of stenoses; may obviate the need for surgery and prevent excessive small bowel resections.…”
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