What is Gastritis And How Does It Work?
Gastritis is a term used to describe a stomach condition that is characterized by inflammation of the stomach lining. Abdominal...
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What is ERCP?
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an endoscopic procedure whereby a side-viewing upper endoscope is guided into the first pat of...
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Carcinoid Tumors
Carcinoid tumor is defined as malignant proliferation of well-differentiated neuroendocrine cells (cells that generate bioactive compounds). Tumors contain neuroendocrine secretory...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Definition: Chronic inflammation of the bowel that could be due to abnormal immune system response to the enteric flora. There...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Definition: Relapsing abdominal pain with bloating, flatulence and change in bowel habits (alternating diarrhea and constipation) that improves with defecation,...
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Colonic Polyps
A polyp is any protrusion or elevation of the intestinal surface into the lumen. A polyp can occur in esophagus, stomach,...
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Diverticular Disease
Diverticulosis is defined as the outpouching of the mucosa and submucosa through the muscularis propria (false diverticulum since only 2...
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant tumor of liver that has a very high incidence in Asia...
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