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Male , Middle Aged , Humans , Abdominal Pain/complications , Abdominal Pain/diagnosis , Abdominal Pain/therapy , Anisakis/isolation & purification , Anisakis/pathogenicity , Gastritis/complications , Gastroscopy/methods , Diagnosis, Differential , Abdominal Pain/physiopathology , Peristalsis , Tomography, Emission-Computed/methodsSubject(s)
Abdominal Pain/parasitology , Anisakiasis/complications , Anisakis/isolation & purification , Abdominal Pain/blood , Abdominal Pain/therapy , Aged , Animals , Anisakiasis/immunology , Anisakiasis/therapy , Anisakis/immunology , Antibodies, Helminth/blood , Humans , Ileal Diseases/immunology , Ileal Diseases/parasitology , Ileal Diseases/therapy , Male , Recurrence , Stomach Diseases/immunology , Stomach Diseases/parasitology , Stomach Diseases/therapy , Treatment OutcomeSubject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/metabolism , Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects , Antioxidants/therapeutic use , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Neoplasms/metabolism , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Bleomycin/adverse effects , Free Radicals , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Humans , Radiotherapy/adverse effects , Selenium/metabolism , Vitamin E/metabolismABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in 400 patients referred for upper digestive tract endoscopy. In our area it hasn't developed yet any epidemiologic study about this disease. Helicobacter pylori was observed in 281 of the 400 patients studied (70%). No significant differences by sex were found in the subjects analyzed. There was a rise in the percentage of positivities as age increased. Helicobacter pylori were positive in 74 of the 88 patients with chronic superficial gastritis (84.1%), in 53 of the 65 with chronic atrophic gastritis (81.5%), in 16 of the 25 with chronic atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia (64%), in 49 of the 63 with gastric ulcer (77.8%), in 73 of the 85 with duodenal ulcer (85.9%), in 9 of the 24 patients with gastric carcinoma (37.5%), in 5 of the 19 with stump gastritis (26.3%), where as only a few Helicobacter pylori were found in 2 of the 31 histologically normal subjects (6.5%). These findings support the wiew that Helicobacter pylori may be etiologically related to chronic gastritis and peptic ulceration, even though their precise role still remains to be determined.
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Helicobacter Infections/epidemiology , Helicobacter pylori/isolation & purification , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Child , Female , Gastritis/epidemiology , Gastritis/microbiology , Gastroscopy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peptic Ulcer/epidemiology , Peptic Ulcer/microbiology , Prevalence , Spain/epidemiologySubject(s)
Gastrointestinal Diseases/etiology , Liver/metabolism , Oxygen/metabolism , Catalase/metabolism , Ethanol/metabolism , Free Radicals , Gastrointestinal Diseases/metabolism , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/enzymology , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/etiology , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/etiology , Pancreatitis/etiology , Peptic Ulcer/etiology , Peptic Ulcer/metabolismABSTRACT
Boerhaave's syndrome, or spontaneous esophageal perforation, is an infrequent entity with an elevated morbidity and mortality. Its clinical manifestations are such that an extensive differential diagnosis with other entities in necessary, but diagnostic delay worsens the prognosis. We present a new case of Boerhaave's syndrome, that debuted as a picture of acute abdomen which led to the realization of an exploratory laparotomy that failed to evidence the esophageal perforation.
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Abdomen, Acute/etiology , Esophageal Diseases/complications , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Diagnosis, Differential , Esophageal Diseases/diagnosis , Esophageal Diseases/pathology , Humans , Male , Rupture, Spontaneous , SyndromeSubject(s)
Carcinoma/complications , Pseudotumor Cerebri/etiology , Sigmoid Neoplasms/complications , Adult , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
We describe a case of esophageal ulcer produced by oral ingestion of a capsule of doxycycline. A review is made of medications that produce esophageal lesions, and the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of these lesions. We emphasize the importance of taking these drugs with abundant liquids, in erect position, never before going to bed, to prevent these lesions.
