CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and finally t ...

We see the whole of the large intestine and a small portion of the small intestine called the terminal ileum during the procedure ... We may see an ulcer, a polyp – small extra growth, a ...

For each mouse, we determined the size of 3–15 adenomas located in the last 5 cm of the terminal ileum and calculated ... arising in adenomatous polyps (n=24), invasive adenocarcinomas (n ...

Background and Aim: Since the diagnostic value of ileoscopy is not well documented, it is uncertain if terminal ileum intubation should be performed routinely in patients undergoing colonoscopy.

In the 17 cases in which there was diffuse involvement of the terminal part of the ileum, the average length of ileum affected was 20 cm., the shortest being 4 cm. and the longest 45 cm.

Polyps in the gallbladder may not cause any symptoms. Depending on the type of polyps, they can be benign, be a sign of inflammation, or potentially lead to cancer. Polyps are abnormal tissue ...

AstraZeneca has failed in its bid to get US approval for its IL-5 inhibitor Fasenra as a treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis in people with nasal polyps, after the FDA rejected its marketing ...

This type causes inflammation in the final section of your small intestine, known as the ileum, as well as in your colon (large intestine). The ileum absorbs water, carbohydrates, proteins ...

Measurements of luminal pH in the normal gastrointestinal tract have shown a progressive increase in pH from the duodenum to the terminal ileum, a decrease in the caecum, and then a slow rise along ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...