Prevalence of chronic pancreatitis: Results of a primary care physician-based population study.

Background: Data on chronic pancreatitis prevalence are scanty and usually limited to hospital-based studies.

Aim: Investigating chronic pancreatitis prevalence in primary care.

Methods: Participating primary care physicians reported the prevalence of chronic pancreatitis among their registered patients, environmental factors and disease characteristics.

Surgical treatment of isolated lung and adrenal metastasis from colorectal cancer. Case report.

Introduction: Up to 30% of stage I and II colorectal cancers (CRCs) treated with surgical resection alone show disease recurrence, indicating that lymph node (LN) involvement was probably underestimated. Lung is a common site of CRC metastasis, whereas adrenal glands are rarely involved.

Case Report: On July 2004 a 56-year old woman underwent left hemicolectomy for a stage I sigmoid cancer.

Psychopathological features of irritable bowel syndrome patients with and without functional dyspepsia: a cross sectional study.

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia (FD) show considerable overlap and are both associated with psychiatric comorbidity. The present study aimed to investigate whether IBS patients with FD show higher levels of psychopathology than those without FD. As a preliminary analysis, it also evaluated the psychopathological differences, if any, between IBS patients featuring the two Rome III-defined FD subtypes, i.