Post written by Michael J. Bourke, MBBS, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, and Western Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Duodenal adenomas make endoscopists nervous, and they should. It is a part of the GI tract where adverse events can be disastrous. These 9 tips are what I actually …
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Post written by Celine Busch, MD, and Annieke van Baar, MD, PhD, from Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The duodenum has proven to play a crucial role in glucose homeostasis. It is thought that obesogenic diets cause certain alterations in the duodenal mucosa, eventually leading to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes …
Post written by Shou-jiang Tang, MD, from the Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. The author reports a 56-year-old woman with an 11-mm biopsy-proven duodenal bulb low-grade neuroendocrine tumor (NET) or carcinoid tumor. She was referred by surgery for endoscopic ablation. Using a multi-band ligator device (Saeed …
