Background and Aim: Common endoscopic findings in stomachs with Helicobacter pylori infections include antral nodularity, thickened gastric folds, and visible submucosal vessels. These findings are ...

Conventional video endoscopy can miss small or subtle abnormal stomach lesions, so a diagnosis of gastritis, Helicobacter pylori infection or metaplasia generally requires biopsy confirmation. Narrow ...

People with a gastrointestinal biopsy of normal mucosa or nonspecific inflammation were shown to be at increased risk of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. A gastrointestinal (GI) biopsy of ...

Narrow-band imaging is a unique sequential-illumination optical-filter system that can be used in combination with a standard lighting system, but which uses a narrower wavelength range than ...

While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

Erythematous mucosa is an inflammation in the lining of the digestive tract. Possible causes include colitis, gastritis, proctitis, and anusitis. Some cases can eventually lead to cancer. The mucosa ...