High-Volume Colonic Lavage Is a Safe and Preferred Colonoscopy Preparation for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background: Colonoscopies provide a crucial diagnostic and surveillance tool for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Accordingly, IBD patients undergo repeated and frequent colonoscopies. The oral purgative bowel prep (BP) is often burdensome on patients, resulting in delayed or missed colonoscopies due to patient noncompliance.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Imaging for Differentiation of Branch Duct Versus Mixed Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative evaluation to detect main pancreatic duct involvement in pancreatic cystic lesions thus differentiating mixed intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) from branch duct (BD)-IPMN.

Methods: The pathology database of pancreatic resections from 2000 to 2014 was reviewed. Main pancreatic duct-IPMNs and IPMNs with intracystic mass/nodules were excluded.

High-grade pancreatic intraepithelial lesions: prevalence and implications in pancreatic neoplasia.

Background: High-grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN-3), a precursor of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is not universally detected in resected pancreatic neoplasms. We sought to determine the prevalence and prognostic relevance of PanIN-3 lesions in primary surgical resections of PDACs and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs).

Methods: A retrospective review of a tertiary care center pathology database (1/2000-6/2014) was performed.

Diverticulitis in HIV-infected patients within the United States.

Objectives: Diverticulitis in patients on immunosuppressant therapy has been associated with increased mortality, but there are no data for HIV-infected patients. Our aim was to compare the outcomes of hospitalizations for diverticulitis in patients with and without HIV infection.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of hospitalizations in the United States accessed through the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

Groove Pancreatitis, a Masquerading Yet Distinct Clinicopathological Entity: Analysis of Risk Factors and Differentiation.

Objectives: Our objective was to delineate predictive factors differentiating groove pancreatitis (GP) from other lesions involving the head of the pancreas (HOP).

Methods: A case-control study of patients older than 10 years was performed comparing patients with GP to those with other surgically resected HOP lesions.

Results: Thirteen patients with GP (mean ± SD age, 51.