A trichobezoar is a rarely encountered mass of hair, wool, and similar material in the stomach and intestine of some patients with trichotillomania and trichophagia. The accumulated hair within the stomach and intestine is resistant to digestion, which occasionally presents as trichobezoar-induced bowel or gastric outlet obstruction.
It is a pleasure for me to draw attention in this issue of your admirable journal to recto-vestibular fistula. Vestibular anus means congenital presence of the anus in the vestibule behind the vaginal orifice. It shares a common wall between the vagina and the rectum.
Plexiform Fibromyxoma (PF), also known as Plexiform Angiomyxoid Myofibroblastic Tumour (PAMT) is a rare mesenchymal myxoid tumour originating in different areas of the digestive system. Symptoms and signs are usually elusive: the most common are abdominal discomfort, dyspepsia, nausea and gastrointestinal bleeding with anemia and hematemesis.
Mallotus oppositifolium is a plant traditionally used in many African countries to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal tract disorders. This study was undertaken to evaluate in vitro antispasmodic effects of decoction, hexane and methanolic leaves extracts of this plant. Antispasmodic activities of Mallotus oppositifolium leaves decoction, hexane and methanolic extracts were assessed on spontaneous contractions, on acetylcholine or potassium chloride (KCl) induced contractions of isolated rat duodenum strips.
A 71-year-old woman had refractory post-band ligation esophageal bleeding although emergency EVL was carried out nine times in total. She was originally considered the esophageal variceal hemorrhage in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Through discussion at a multidisciplinary meeting, we could reach an appropriate diagnosis of PBC and incomplete CREST overlap syndrome.