Gastric Emphysema in a Critically Ill Patient Successfully Treated without Surgery by Hiromi Ihoriya, Tetsuya Yumoto, Masaya Iwamuro, Noritomo Fujisaki, Takaaki Osako, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao

“…Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed diffuse edema, redness, and erosion throughout the stomach. Based on the findings of narrow angle and short distance of the aorta-superior mesenteric artery, the patient was diagnosed with gastric emphysema associated with superior mesenteric artery syndrome. …”
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Intercostal hernia secondary to penetrating trauma presenting as an abdominal swelling: A rare case by Atul Jain, Lalit Sharma, Manoj K Dokania, Gyan R Kumar, Tushar Goyal

“…Abstract Intercostal hernia (ICH) is a type of hernia, in which the sac or contents (lung, liver, bowel, or stomach) protrude through the intercostal space. It can be categorized either into acquired or congenital types, with or without a diaphragmatic defect. …”
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Interpreting Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends: A Review of Control Factors and Worldwide Statistics by Hassan Bahrami

“…Data Sources: This article reviews the literature to address the most important control factors associated with cancer prevention and control for some of the most common types of cancer in the lung, breast, colon, stomach, prostate, cervix, and skin. Study Selection: To have a reliable interpretation, the latest statistics on age-standardized cancer incidence rates published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer are analyzed according to specific root causes. …”
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Advantages of Fluoroscopy for Accidental Ingestion of Multiple Magnets by Toshihiko Kakiuchi, Tetsuya Nosho

“…During accidental ingestion of single or multiple desk-type neodymium magnets, endoscopic removal may not be necessary if they are mobile and clump together in the stomach. Regarding the ingestion of multiple desk-type neodymium magnets, fluoroscopy is useful to determine the extent of endoscopic intervention.…”
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Burkitt Lymphoma of the Duodenum: An Uncommon Phenomenon by Fahad Malik, Manuel Gonzalez, Wahib Zafar

“…This clinical variant can commonly involve stomach, ileum, and cecum. However, there is very limited data available regarding the duodenal growth of this tumor. …”
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Dr Punctal Polyp, First Case Presentation by Nazia Qidwai

“…They may be neoplastic or nonneoplastic. 1 They have been reported to arise in the ear canal, cervix, colorectal area, nose, uterus, stomach, throat, vulva, bronchus and urinary bladder. 4 Punctal polyps have never been reported in the literature before. …”
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Effects of oral sarcopenia and malnutrition on the elderly by Chieh Chen, Da-Ming Liao

“…Abstract Old-aged adults often suffer from nutrient deficiency or appetite loss resulting from taste and smell degeneration, poor oral and dental functions, and chewing and swallowing difficulties in addition to having poor digestion and gastrointestinal tract absorption or delayed stomach emptying. Consequently, anorexia and less food consumption occur, not to mention the medication–food interaction that will aggravate insufficient nutrient intake. …”
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Acute Eosinophilic Ascites in a Middle-Aged Man by Fadi Bleibel, Keith Fragoza, Garrey T. Faller

“…Initial work-up demonstrated severe peripheral blood eosinophilia, normal liver function tests, thickening of the stomach and small bowel wall, and elevated serum IgE. …”
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Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma in a Patient without Endocrine Disorder: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Yoshifumi Nakayama, Nobutaka Matayoshi, Masaki Akiyama, Yusuke Sawatsubashi, Jun Nagata, Masanori Hisaoka, Keiji Hirata

“…Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen revealed an uneven tumor surrounding the stomach, spleen, pancreas, and left kidney, which was 20 × 18 × 10 cm in size. …”
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The Combination Therapy of Dissolution Using Carbonated Liquid and Endoscopic Procedure for Bezoars: Pragmatical and Clinical Review by Kohei Ogawa, Kenya Kamimura, Ken-ichi Mizuno, Yoko Shinagawa, Yuji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Abe, Yukari Watanabe, Shunsaku Takahashi, Kazunao Hayashi, Junji Yokoyama, Manabu Takeuchi, Masaaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Yuichi Sato, Shuji Terai

“…Bezoars are relatively rare foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract and often cause ileus and ulcerative lesions in the stomach and subsequent bleeding and perforation due to their size and stiffness. …”
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Glucoraphanin conversion into sulforaphane and related compounds by gut microbiota by Tetiana R. Dmytriv, Tetiana R. Dmytriv, Oleh Lushchak, Oleh Lushchak, Volodymyr I. Lushchak, Volodymyr I. Lushchak

“…Sulforaphane is formed by the hydrolysis of glucoraphanin by a plant enzyme called myrosinase, which is inactivated in the stomach of mammals. Since the latter do not have enzymes possessing myrosinase-like activity, glucoraphanin can be metabolized by the gut microbiota, to sulforaphane, sulforaphane-nitrile, glucoerucin, erucin, and erucin-nitrile. …”
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Rebamipide during chronic gastritis: <i>H. pylori</i> eradication therapy and restoration of gastric mucosa barrier function by Т. L. Lapina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Effectiveness of rebamipide during erosive gastritis, for treatment and prevention of stomach and duodenum disorders associated with nonste- roidal anti-inflammatory drugs is proven. …”
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HSCT-GAVE as a Manifestation of Chronic Graft versus Host Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Existing Literature by Michael J. Grant, Mitchell E. Horwitz

“…Gastric antral vascular ectasia or “watermelon stomach” is a significant cause of nonvariceal upper GI bleeding and is characterized by red, tortuous ectatic vessels along longitudinal folds in the gastric antrum. …”
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Left Diaphragmatic Herniation following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in an Adult by Adriá Rosat, Ayaya Alonso, Javier Padilla, Pablo Sanz, M. Aránzazu Varona, Javier Méndiz, Enrique Moneva, Manuel Barrera

“…After takedown of adhesions and replacement of the stomach into the upper abdomen, the palm-sized diaphragmatic opening was closed with a synthetic material. …”
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Approaches for Improvement in Digestive Survival of Probiotics, a Comparative Study by Agnieszka Dudkiewicz, Laura Masmejean, Clement Arnaud, Bukola Adenike Onarinde, Ramana Sundara, Amir Hossein Pour-Taghi Anvarian, Nick Tucker

“…While B. lactis was resistant to stomach juice, but sensitive to duodenal juice, L. casei showed an exactly opposite behaviour. …”
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Multivariate Cox regression analysis of prognostic genes and therapeutic mechanisms of gastric cancer by Yangyang Xiao, Zhiru Zhong, Chunli Yang, Zhiying Lin

“…Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is a common malignant tumor, which originated from the epithelial cells of the stomach. It has the characteristics of high incidence and poor prognosis. …”
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Effects of short and long-term exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in indoor environment air on human health: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sedighe Afrasiabi, Marzieh Fattahi Darghlou, Younes Mohammadi, Mostafa Leili

“…Also, the health risk assessment based on a 95% confidence level showed that the pollutants in question play a role in causing diseases such as lung neoplasm, stomach neoplasm, colon neoplasm, liver neoplasm, headache, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, etc. …”
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Microplastic Contamination in Amazon Vampire Bats (Desmodontinae: Phyllostomidae) by Ana Beatriz Alencastre-Santos, Daniela Melo e Silva, Danielle Regina Gomes Ribeiro-Brasil, Letícia Lima Correia, Magali Gonçalves Garcia, Thiago Bernardi Vieira

“…The objective was to quantify and characterize, both by color and shape, the presence of MPs in the stomach, intestine, and lungs of vampire bats, analyzing the difference between organs and their morphometric measurements in relation to the abundance of MPs found in each organ. …”
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Brown rice: a missing nutrient-rich health food by Xiuxiu Wu, Tianyi Guo, Feijun Luo, Qinlu Lin

“…In this review, we systemically summarized the efficacy of BR on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, immune disorders, inflammation, anxiety, liver and stomach damage, etc. Underlying mechanisms have also been analyzed, which include regulating lipid synthesis and metabolism, improving insulin levels and increasing glucose metabolism, anti-oxidation, promoting the immune system, transcription and non-transcriptional regulation, blocking cell cycle, thereby improving disease symptoms and reducing its recurrence rate. …”
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Towards painless and productive research relationships: reflections on study design by a researcher with chronic pain for participants with chronic pain by Catherine Wilkinson

“…From the perspective of a researcher with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by chronic pain, and Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, characterized by stomach and joint pain, this paper provides insight into pain and researcher-participant relationships, from the perspective of a researcher in pain, designing a study to accommodate her own pain needs, as well as anticipating the needs of prospective participants in pain. …”
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