Biopsy specimens from the terminal ileum of 32 patients with the histopathological diagnosis of lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis and 11 control individuals were evaluated for the ...

The small-bowel biopsy is used to diagnose and confirm disease of the lining of the small intestine. Evaluation of patients with malabsorption, iron deficiency (anaemia), coeliac disease, neoplasia.

In 1964 Borgström, Lundh and Hofmann 3 demonstrated that the ileum was the principal site of bile-salt absorption in man. A year later, Playoust, Lack and Weiner 4 showed that steatorrhea ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(1):51-55. The ileoscopy rate during colonoscopy was 87.1% in this study. Even though the rate depends on the experience and skill of endoscopists, the above value ...

BENGALURU: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes – the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and finally through the large intestine which is ...

The abnormalities seen on the biopsy specimen (Figure 7) provided evidence of the final diagnosis. Those 3 abnormalities were as follows: (1) noncaseating granulomas; (2) epithelioid cells; and (3 ...