Analysis of Non-Small Bowel Lesions Detected by Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Potential Small Bowel Bleeding.

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding cases in whom source cannot be identified after conventional upper and lower GI endoscopy are defined as potential small bowel bleeding. We aimed to search for lesions in the reach of conventional endoscopy in patients to whom video capsule endoscopy (VCE) had been applied for potential small bowel bleeding. 114 patients who had VCE evaluation for potential small bowel bleeding between January 2009 and August 2015 were retrospectively evaluated.

Risk Factors for Polyautoimmunity among Patients with Celiac Disease: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Aim: To define the prevalence of polyautoimmunity (PAI) among celiac disease (CD) patients and to compare clinical and laboratory features of CD patients with or without PAI in order to determine the risk factors for PAI in CD.

Material And Method: Patients diagnosed with CD in our clinic between 2007 and 2014 with at least 1 year of follow-up were retrospectively evaluated. Totally 145 patients were included in the study.

Evaluation of gastric polyps detected by endoscopy: a single-center study of a four-year experience in Turkey.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the gastric polyps detected by endoscopy in our institution with respect to their frequency, size, anatomic location, presence of dysplasia, and histopathologic features.

Materials And Methods: Records of a total of 14,240 patients who underwent endoscopy between January 2008 and January 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. Of the 14,240 patients, 174 determined to have at least 1 histopathologically proven polyp were included in the study.

Analysis of 2222 colorectal polyps in 896 patients: a tertiary referreal hospital study.

Background/aims: In Turkey, there are a limited number of studies including the characteristics of colorectal polyps, and the number of patients was too small in most of them. The aim of this study was to evaluate histological characteristics of colorectal polyps that were determined by colonoscopy and clinical features of patients who had removal of the polyp.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent colonoscopy were analyzed retrospectively from January 2007 to December 2011.

Evaluation of serum ghrelin levels in patients with hyperplastic gastric polyps.

Background/aims: Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid peptide and the main source of serum ghrelin is the stomach. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum ghrelin levels in patients with hyperplastic gastric polyp.

Materials And Methods: Eighty patients (50 female, 30 male) were included in this study: 28 with hyperplastic gastric polyp, 20 with benign gastric ulcer and 32 with chronic active gastritis.

Capsule endoscopy findings in celiac disease.

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a noninvasive imaging method used to evaluate intestinal mucosa. We aimed to examine intestinal mucosal changes in celiac disease (CD) with CE. Eight untreated patients who had anti-endomysial antibody-positive duodenal biopsy results consistent with CD were included in the study.

Subclinical celiac disease with cerebellar ataxia.

We report an unusual case of celiac disease with cerebellar ataxia. Gastrointestinal signs and malabsorption were not found in this patient. We suggested that celiac disease should be taken into consideration in differential diagnosis of patients with cerebellar ataxia with unknown etiology.