Minimally Invasive Abdominal Repair of a Giant Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia with Occupation of the Right Thorax in a 53-Year-Old Man by Francisco Navarro, Eduardo Pizarro, Marco Ceroni

“…There are no reports of the minimally invasive abdominal repair of a giant hiatal hernia of the stomach almost entirely occupying the right thoracic cavity. …”
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Metastatic Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinoma with Osteoblastic Activity: A Case Report of Esophageal and Colonic Primaries by Brett Matthew Lowenthal, Ahmed S. Shabaik, Mark A. Valasek

“…Less common primary sites include thyroid, kidney, and stomach. We present two cases of primary gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma with metastatic osteoblastic activity from two previously unreported sites. …”
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Dietary Fiber and Chronic Disease by Wendy Dahl

“…When we eat foods containing dietary fiber, the fiber moves unchanged through the stomach and small intestine to the colon (large intestine). …”
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Comparison of clinical and pharmacodynamic features of proton pump inhibitors efficacy in gastroesophageal reflux disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…Already after the first dose intake at 24-hour рН monitoring the stomach рН>3 was recorded for 56,1% (±20,94) of total monitoring time, and рН>4 — for 44,0% (±18,72), that promoted rapid symptom relief. …”
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Feasibility and complications of videocapsule endoscopy in dogs weighing 7 kg or less by Camille St‐Jean, Allison Collier, Alex Zur Linden, Alexa Bersenas, Alice Defarges

“…Two capsules were administered endoscopically into the duodenum (1) and stomach (1). Sixteen out of 26 (62%, 95% CI, 40.51‐79.70) dogs that underwent VCE had incomplete studies. …”
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NSAID-Induced Small Bowel Diaphragms and Strictures Diagnosed with Intraoperative Enteroscopy by Douglas A Shumaker, Kari Bladen, Ronald M Katon

“…Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are known to cause mucosal damage in the stomach and duodenum, which may lead to hemorrhage and perforation. …”
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Gastric Perforation with Omental Patch Repair: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Resuscitation in COVID-19 Pneumonia by Vincent Marcucci, Ratul Bhattacharyya, Stephanie Yee, Jamshed Zuberi, Mark Ingram

“…Significant abdominal distention and subsequent diagnostic imaging showed pneumoperitoneum and a possible perforation of the stomach. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with omental patching for a gastric perforation. …”
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Unusual Case of Life-Threatening Gastro Intestinal Bleed from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature by Puneet Menaria, Venkata Muddana

“…Literature review shows SAP can bleed into stomach or pancreatic pseudocyst or biliary tree and peritoneal cavity; however, there are no previous reported cases of SAP bleeding into distal duodenum. …”
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Anti-HMGCR Specificity of HALIP: A Confirmatory Study by Andrés Baucells, Maria Angeles Martínez, Marcelo Alvarado-Cardenas, Anaís Mariscal, Laura Martinez-Martinez, Cándido Juárez, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan

“…Human anti-HMGCR antibodies from patients’ sera were purified and incubated with rat triple tissue (kidney/stomach/liver). A characteristic HALIP was observed. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Rachael Silverberg, Melissa K. Jones, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Aswathy Sreedharan, Keith R. Schneider

“… If you have ever had the stomach flu, norovirus was likely the culprit. Norovirus is the most common cause of foodborne illness in the United States and is transmitted through direct person-to-person contact or contaminated objects and food. …”
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Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy by Masaya Iwamuro, Takehiro Tanaka, Daisuke Takei, Yuusaku Sugihara, Keita Harada, Sakiko Hiraoka, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada

“…Within the gastrointestinal tract, xanthomas most frequently arise in the stomach, whereas the colorectum is rarely affected. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Rachael Silverberg, Melissa K. Jones, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Aswathy Sreedharan, Keith R. Schneider

“… If you have ever had the stomach flu, norovirus was likely the culprit. Norovirus is the most common cause of foodborne illness in the United States and is transmitted through direct person-to-person contact or contaminated objects and food. …”
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A Case of Rectal Dieulafoy’s Ulcer and Successful Endoscopic Band Ligation by Yukako Yoshikumi, Hirosato Mashima, Junko Suzuki, Yutaka Yamaji, Makoto Okamoto, Keiji Ogura, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata

“…The lesion is usually located in the stomach, although it may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Ovarian Mixed Malignant Brenner-Mucinous Tumor with Signet Ring Cells by Baharak Khadang, Atilla Omeroglu

“…Mucinous carcinomas with signet ring cells in the ovary, particularly those composed predominantly of signet ring cells, are extremely rare, and in vast majority of cases, they represent metastasis from another site such as the stomach, appendix, pancreaticobiliary tract, bladder, and breast (Hristov et al., 2007, Kiyokawa et al., 2006, Vang et al., 2006, Young, 2006). …”
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Dermoid Cyst of the Pancreas: A Report of an Unusual Case and a Review of the Literature by Aynur Albayrak, Umran Yildirim, Metin Aydin

“…Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a smooth borders, solid, hyperechoic tumor within midline abdomen, without any connection to the stomach or spleen. At surgery, the entire mass was excised off of the head and inferior part of pancreas. …”
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Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Malav P. Parikh, Muhammed Sherid, Venu Ganipisetti, Venu Gopalakrishnan, Maria Habib, Monika Tripathi

“…Gastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. …”
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Osteopetrosis and Its Relevance for the Discovery of New Functions Associated with the Skeleton by Amélie E. Coudert, Marie-Christine de Vernejoul, Maurizio Muraca, Andrea Del Fattore

“…In particular, the interplay of bone with the stomach, insulin metabolism, male fertility, the immune system, bone marrow, and fat is described.…”
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Colonic Interposition in a Woman with Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Does the Location of the Colon Affect Polyp Formation? by Melanie D Beaton, Brian Taylor, David Driman, Peter Ainsworth, Paul C Adams

“…While she had developed adenomatous polyps in her native cecum, there was no evidence of polyps or cancer in the segment of large intestine interposed between her upper esophagus and stomach. Therefore, various environmental differences between the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract may play a role in the expression of AFAP phenotype.…”
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Intragastric Endoscopic Assisted Single Incision Surgery for Gastric Leiomyoma of the Esophagogastric Junction by Salvador Morales-Conde, Isaias Alarcón, Carlos Ortiz-Moyano, Antonio Barranco, Francisco J. Padillo, María Socas

“…Appling this technical development, we have developed a new technique based on an intragastric approach using a single port device assisted by endoscopy (I-EASI: intragastric endoscopic assisted single incision surgery) in order to remove benign gastric lesions and GIST tumors placed in the posterior wall of the stomach or close to the esophagogastric junction or the gastroduodenal junction. …”
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Spatial heterogeneity determines the gastrointestinal microbiome signatures and ecological processes that govern bacterial community assembly in sheep by Yukun Zhang, Jiangbo Cheng, Changchun Lin, Fadi Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Chong Li, Deyin Zhang, Xiaobin Yang, Dan Xu, Yuan Zhao, Liming Zhao, Xiaolong Li, Huibin Tian, Xiuxiu Weng, Weimin Wang

“…Furthermore, we found that the assembly processes of bacterial communities in the four-chambered stomach and small intestine were mainly stochastic, while those in the large intestine were mainly shaped by deterministic processes, with a higher ecological niche width than other GIT regions. …”
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