Liver pathology in children with newly diagnosed celiac disease.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the prevalence and the type of liver pathology in children at the time of diagnosis of celiac disease (CD).

Material And Methods: Data from newly diagnosed children with CD hospitalized in the university hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Liver pathology was defined as elevated alanine transaminase (ALT) and/or gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) serum activity and/or pathological changes of the organ in ultrasound.

A safe "cut, tie and thread-pull" method for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube removal in children with congenital craniofacial anomalies and pharyngeal stenosis.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a widely used method for tube feeding with enteral nutrition. Both PEG's insertion and PEG's removal are usually easy and uncomplicated. The latter can be, however, of substantial difficulty in children with distorted anatomy, such as pharyngeal stenosis or endured craniofacial trauma, when regular endoscopy is contraindicated.

Mucosal gastrin cells and serum gastrin levels in children with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Purpose: Impaired control of gastric juice secretion is observed in chronic gastritis due to Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. G cells are stimulated by such cytokines as tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha), interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-8 (IL-8).

Soluble adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, P-selectin in children with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Aim: To assess the sICAM-1, sVCAM-1, and sP-selectin levels in children with Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection and to evaluate their significance for the morphological changes found in gastric mucosa.

Methods: The study included 106 children: 59 children (55.7%) with chronic gastritis and positive IgG against H pylori, 29 children (27.

[Clinical picture and morphological changes of upper intestinal tract mucosa in children with Helicobacter pylori infection].

The authors analysed clinical picture and morphological (macroscopic and histopathologic) changes in gastric and duodenal mucosa in 150 children diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori infection chosen randomly among the hospitalized in 1998-2000 years.