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 ...

Using distal ileum biopsy samples from obese and non-obese individuals, the investigators first showed that intestinal HIF2α signalling was positively correlated with BMI and hepatic toxicity.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...