A 47-year-old lady with a history of ulcerative colitis on infliximab maintenance therapy presented with intermittent severe abdominal pain for a few days. Physical examination revealed no palpable abdominal mass. Computed tomography of abd…
Background and aimWe have previously shown that fecal microbial markers might be useful for non-invasive diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and adenoma. Here, we assessed the application of microbial DNA markers, as compared with and in c…
A 25 year-old woman with a 15 year history of refractory ulcerative colitis on maintenance azathioprine, and mesalazine, presented with several months of increasing colicky abdominal pain and distension, bloody diarrhea and malaise. Symptom…
Pancreatitis (necroinflammation of the pancreas) has both acute and chronic manifestations. Gallstones are the major cause of acute pancreatitis, whereas alcohol is associated with acute as well as chronic forms of the disease. Cases of tru…
BackgroundRecent studies have demonstrated that CDX-2 is expressed in the intestinal metaplasia of the stomach and intestinal-type gastric cancer. To address the role of CDX-2 in carcinogenesis of gastric carcinomas of intestinal type, the …