Ischemic heart disease, factor predisposing to Barrett's adenocarcinoma: A case control study.

Aim: To define the significance of ischemic heart disease (IHD) (stable angina to infarction) co-existance in Barrett esophagus (BE) patients and patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma (AdE).

Methods: All BE/AdE patients in Blackpool-Wyre-Fylde area and Trikala prefecture identified from medical records. Patient clinical details were obtained from hospital and General Practitioner records.

A randomized trial of efficacy of beta-sitosterol and its glucoside as adjuvant to cryotherapy in the treatment of anogenital warts.

Introduction: All available treatments for anogenital warts have substantial failure rates. An immunomodulating treatment that enhances the patient's own immunity could be valuable as an adjuvant to conventional methods.

Methods: About 123 patients were enrolled in this study and were randomized either to undergo only cryotherapy every 3 weeks (n = 60 patients) or to undergo cryotherapy and to receive a mixture containing 20 mg sterol and 0.

When Crohn's disease is in remission, more patients complete capsule endoscopy study but less lesions are identified.

Background And Aims: Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is used in Crohn's disease (CD) to define disease extent. We aimed to define WCE detection rate of small bowel ulcerative lesions and completion rate in CD patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 102 consecutive CD patients, who successfully passed patency capsule, were matched to 102 controls.

Capsule endoscopy findings in patients with occult or overt bleeding older than 80 years.

Background:   Overt and occult bleeding are the main indications for a wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) study of the small bowel. Most published studies omit patients aged over 80.

Aim:   To determine whether WCE is feasible in patients with overt or occult bleeding over age 80 and to define the spectrum of small bowel pathologies in this age group.

The role of cytology and HPV typing as a screening tool in patients with intraanal warts.

Background And Aim: Given that anorectal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been related to anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) and rectal cancer, we conducted this study to evaluate the role of cytology of anal smears in the diagnosis of intraanal disease and related AIN and to correlate it to HPV genotypes.

Method: A total of 72 patients (58 males and 14 females) with perianal warts underwent anoscopy with biopsies and anal cytologic examination. Cytology was carried out for the identification of any dysplasia according to the Bethesda system.