Publications by authors named "Vassilios Tzias"
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- Systemic mastocytosis is a rare disorder characterized by an abnormal increase of mast cells in the body, often leading to health complications, but its specific incidence in Greece is not well-known.
- The case presented involves a 72-year-old man diagnosed with mastocytosis after finding high levels of mast cells in his intestine and elevated levels of tryptase in his blood.
- The patient meets the diagnostic criteria for systemic indolent mastocytosis and is currently receiving treatment with antihistamines, remaining without symptoms.
Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of anti-reflux treatment in gastroesophageal reflux disease patients classified according to esophagogastric junction morphology (Hill classification).
Results: A symptom score and endoscopic grading of gastrooesophageal flap valve appearance were determined in 49 symptomatic patients (female 26, male 23; mean age 49 years, range 21-76 years). Patients received 8 weeks of continuous rabeprazole at a daily dose of 20 mg and, upon symptom control, continued with on-demand treatment for 3 months.
There is a subgroup of patients with achalasia in which manometry shows elevated intraesophageal pressure, expressed by elevation of esophageal baseline relative to gastric pressure. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of elevated intraesophageal pressure in patients with achalasia and its relationship to clinical, radiographic, endoscopic, and other manometric findings. Manometric studies of 62 patients with achalasia were analyzed and elevated intraesophageal pressure was considered any positive elevation of esophageal baseline relative to gastric pressure.
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