CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, ...

The initial impression from the colonoscopy and biopsy results was that the patient ... and friability of the ileocecal valve (Figure 1); the terminal ileum could not be intubated.

Introduction Terminal ileum (TI) intubation at colonoscopy may be useful in ... Colonoscopy reports and case notes were reviewed to establish if biopsy results were clinically relevant (defined as ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

We see the whole of the large intestine and a small portion of the small intestine called the terminal ileum during the procedure ... Later, we take a biopsy from an ulcer or polyp. Small polyps are ...

Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat passes through four tubes: the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and finally through the large intestine which is also called the ...

The symptoms include abdominal pain, weight loss, vomiting and diarrhea. Biopsy samples taken during endoscopic examination allows the diagnosis of the disease. An infiltration of >30 eosinophils ...