Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of T1 mapping and MR elastography (MRE) for staging of hepatic fibrosis and grading inflammation with histopathology as standard of reference.
Methods: 68 patients with various liver diseases undergoing liver biopsy for suspected fibrosis or with an established diagnosis of cirrhosis prospectively underwent look-locker inversion recovery T1 mapping and MRE. T1 relaxation time and liver stiffness (LS) were measured by two readers.
() is a causative agent of peptic ulcer disease and plays an important role in the development of various other upper and lower gastrointestinal tract and systemic diseases; in addition to carcinogenesis and the development of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, extragastric manifestations of are increasingly being unraveled. Therefore, prompt and accurate diagnosis is essential. Within this narrative review we present an overview of the current trend in the diagnosis of infection and its potential oncogenic sequelae, including gastric mucosa atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia and gastric cancer.
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Background: Gastrointestinal endoscopy (GIE) represents a mainstay diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in clinical practice. Hypoxemia constitutes a major complication for endoscopists. Emerging evidence supports the utilization of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) over conventional nasal cannula (CNC) for avoidance of hypoxemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObesity, as a major risk factor of metabolic syndrome (MetS), represents a pandemic, especially in Western societies, and is considered a risk factor for malignancies. (), is a definite carcinogen with global distribution. We aimed to investigate, for the first time in Switzerland, the main gastric mucosa premalignant histological lesions of bariatric patients in correlation with MetS components and Infection (-I).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to regulate their phosphate uptake, patients with end-stage renal disease rely on phosphate binders such as lanthanum carbonate (LC). The earliest histopathological reports of this rare entity in the gastrointestinal mucosa were described and published in 2015.We present a case of an 80-year-old patient with LC gastro-enteropathy.
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