Obesity and Cancer: the Profile of a Population who Underwent Bariatric Surgery.

Introduction: Obesity is a significant risk factor for cancer incidence and mortality. The number of patients with obesity who undergo bariatric surgery is increasing; however, the impact of such a procedure in affecting the risk of cancer is not completely understood yet.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective unicentric cohort study to characterize the occurrence of cancer in patients who underwent bariatric surgery from January 2010 to December 2018.

Unilateral brain injury to pregnant rats induces asymmetric neurological deficits in the offspring.

Effects of environmental factors may be transmitted to the following generation, and cause neuropsychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder in the offspring. Enhanced synaptic plasticity induced by environmental enrichment may be also transmitted. We here test the hypothesis that the effects of brain injury in pregnant animals may produce neurological deficits in the offspring.

Spontaneous Spinal Haemorrhage as a Complication of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Unlabelled: Spinal cord haematoma, or haematomyelia, is a rare condition caused by several unusual disease processes. Traumatic events, such as spinal cord injury and surgery or procedures involving the spinal cord, are the most important causes of spinal cord haematoma. Rarely, it is associated with anticoagulation therapy.

Burden and Profile of Somatic Mutation in Duodenal Adenomas from Patients with Familial Adenomatous- and -associated Polyposis.

Duodenal polyposis and cancer are important causes of morbidity and mortality in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP). This study aimed to comprehensively characterize somatic genetic changes in FAP and MAP duodenal adenomas to better understand duodenal tumorigenesis in these disorders. Sixty-nine adenomas were biopsied during endoscopy in 16 FAP and 10 MAP patients with duodenal polyposis.

The role of flow cytometry in celiac disease screening using human leukocyte antigen in adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) have an increased risk of celiac disease (CD). Since CD can be seronegative, more sensible tests for detection are needed. In seronegative patients, CD diagnosis may be difficult because of a lack of specificity.

High rate of clinical and endoscopic relapse after healing of erosive peptic esophagitis in children and adolescents.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to estimate the rate of clinical and endoscopic relapse after initial treatment of erosive peptic esophagitis in children and adolescents.

Methods: A total of 24 patients (2.1-16.

Helicobacter pylori infection & immune thrombocytopenic purpura in children and adolescents: A randomized controlled trial.

Helicobacter pylori and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) association is not well established in chronic ITP (cITP) in children, although the cure of thrombocytopenia in approximately half of H. pylori eradicated adult patients has been described. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of H.

Necrotising granulomatous lymphadenitis.

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is defined as Mycobacterium TB through Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast stain and culture in Loewenstein-Jensen in a tissue from a site other than lung parenchyma, in association with clinical or imaging findings compatible with infection locally. The authors report a case of a patient who presented with asthenia, anorexia and weight loss. He complained of fever, chills and night sweats of 1-week duration.

Unstable angina as initial manifestation of Wegener granulomatosis: case report.

Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a necrotizing vasculitis that usually affects the respiratory tract, in association with kidney disease. Cardiac involvement is rare and silent in most cases, only becoming evident in necropsy studies. The authors report the case of a patient with WG, whose unstable angina was the first clinical manifestation, although the patient had suffered a previous unrecognized myocardial infarction.

Bacterial translocation in rats nonfunctioning diverted distal colon.

Purpose: To investigate whether the alterations of the diverted colon segment mucosa, evidenced in fecal colitis, would be able to alter Bacterial Translocation (BT).

Methods: Sixty-two Wistar male rats ranging from 220 to 320 grams of weight, were divided in two groups: A (Colostomy) and B (Control), with 31 animals each one. In group A, all animals underwent end colostomy, one stoma, in ascending colon; and in the 70th POD was injected in five rats, by rectal route diverted segment - 2 ml of a 0.