Heterotopic gastric mucosa (HGM) refers to the occurrence of organized fundic gland tissue of congenital origin. HGM is a well-described entity that occurs in different parts of the gastrointestinal ...

Children and adolescents with untreated celiac disease display disease-related, histological alterations in the duodenal bulb, according to a new study. In 16 of the 665 patients enrolled in the study ...

LARGE ulcers of the duodenum are rare. Only -L# 21 cases of duodenal ulcers of 2 cm. or more have been reported in the literature. These so-called giant duodenal ulcers may involve the entire duodenal ...

THE literature concerning gastrointestinal bleeding as a complication of peptic ulcer is very extensive. Many of the studies reported, however, lack documentation of bleeding, proof of the presence of ...

A 64-year-old man with known ileocecal Crohn's disease underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. He had been suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease during the last few years prior to this ...