Helicobacter pylori negative, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-negative peptic ulcers in India.

Introduction: The past decade has witnessed a global rise in the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease which is unrelated to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or Helicobacter pylori infection. Although initially recognized in the West, this disease is being increasingly recognized in the Asian population. The higher risk of bleeding and ulcer recurrence in this subgroup of patients highlights the clinical importance of analyzing the changing trends of peptic ulcer disease in developing countries.

Single center experience of capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

Aim: To identify optimum timing to maximize diagnostic yield by capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB).

Methods: We identified patients who underwent CE at our institution from August 2003 to December 2009. Patient medical records were reviewed to determine type of OGIB (occult, overt), CE results and complications, and timing of CE with respect to onset of bleeding.

Segmental and total oesophageal transit time in patients with corrosive-induced oesophageal stricture.

Introduction: The mainstay of treatment of corrosive oesophageal strictures is endoscopic dilatation. However, even after adequate dilatation, some patients may continue to have dysphagia. An associated oesophageal motor dysfunction in such patients may contribute to the persistence of dysphagia.

Corrosive induced carcinoma of esophagus: report of three patients and review of literature.

Patients with corrosive induced esophageal strictures have more than a 1000-fold risk of developing carcinoma of the esophagus. We report three cases of corrosion carcinoma seen by us (a team of gastroenterologists, radiologists and a surgeon) in the last 15 years. Two cases were among 156 patients with corrosive induced strictures on our follow-up, and constituted the only corrosion carcinoma out of 650 esophageal carcinomas operated on by us.

Multiple spontaneous enterocutaneous fistulae in malakoplakia.

Malakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease, usually involving the urogenital tract. We report a patient who presented with a psoas abscess, and later developed colocutaneous fistula at the site of abscess drainage and multiple spontaneous fistulae away from the site of incision. Histology of the resected specimen showed Michaelis-Gutmann bodies, which are diagnostic of malakoplakia.

Multiple squamous cell carcinomas of esophagus.

Multiple tumors of the esophagus are reported only rarely. We describe three patients with double carcinoma of esophagus. They developed a second squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus more than 4 1/2 years after external radiation for a primary squamous cell carcinoma at a different site in the esophagus.

Endoscopic balloon dilatation of benign gastric outlet obstruction.

Background And Aim: Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) has been used for the treatment of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). There are several reports on the utility and success of this non-surgical treatment option in peptic GOO, with variable results. However, there are only a few reports documenting the efficacy of this method for non-peptic GOO.

Pulmonary and hematological alterations in idiopathic ulcerative colitis.

Background: Patients with idiopathic ulcerative colitis (IUC) may suffer from one or more extraintestinal manifestations. We decided to prospectively study the prevalence of extraintestinal manifestations among patients with IUC, with special reference to pulmonary and hematological alterations.

Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients with IUC attending the gastroenterology services of our tertiary-care referral center were evaluated prospectively.

Concurrent pancreatic ductal changes in alcoholic liver disease.

Background: Alcohol is a common etiological factor in both liver disease and chronic pancreatitis, but in a single individual it does not usually produce clinically significant disease in both organs. We assessed the prevalence of pancreatic ductal changes in patients presenting with alcoholic liver disease of different stages.

Methods: Forty-six patients with alcoholic liver disease were included in the present study.