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Intraosseous fat necrosis associated with alcoholic pancreatitis
A 50-year-old man with a 30-year history of alcohol abuse was admitted because of abdominal pain. Based on an elevated serum amylase level and abdominal computed tomography findings, a diagnosis of alcoholic p...
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Recent insights into digestive motility in functional dyspepsia
Functional gastrointestinal disorders, such as functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome, are common pathologies of the gut. FD is a clinical syndrome defined as chronic or recurrent pain or disco...
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Evaluation of venous thromboembolism and coagulation-fibrinolysis markers in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Arterial or venous thromboembolism is rarely encountered clinically as an extradigestive tract complication in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, it is one of the important prognostic factors for IBD p...
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura in patients with ulcerative colitis
Extraintestinal manifestations of ulcerative colitis (UC) are well known, but immunologically mediated hematological diseases are relatively rare. We describe two cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)...
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Influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on in vitro responsiveness of gastric fundus to agonists and to stimulation of enteric nerves in Mongolian gerbils
It has recently been proposed that disturbed gastric adaptive relaxation may play a role in functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the effect of Helicobacter pylori infection, which may be one of multiple factors a...
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Ulcerative colitis complicating pseudomembranous colitis of the right colon
toxin was positive in the feces. The administration of vancomycin in addition to oral steroids resulted in rapid improvement of the condition. Total colonoscopy is recommended for precise diagnosis when patie...
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Sludge and stone formation in the gallbladder in bedridden elderly patients with cerebrovascular disease: influence of feeding method
The incidence of gallbladder sludge or gallstone formation in bedridden patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) remains obscure. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, relationship to feedi...
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Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis
Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are distinct clinical disorders which rarely occur in the same patient. We report a 79-year-old man with the coexistence of both c...
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Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas associated with hypoglycemia: Involvement of "big" insulin-like growth factor-II
Apart from insulinomas, pancreatic tumors are rarely complicated by hypoglycemia and some may produce insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II). To our knowledge, IGF-II-producing pancreatic tumors associated wi...
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Progressive systemic sclerosis associated with primary small cell carcinoma of the stomach
A 64-year-old man with a 5-year history of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) was hospitalized because of melena. Radiological and endoscopic examinations showed an ulcerative lesion with sharply demarcated ...