Bookedited by Roger Feakins.
Summary: "Prior to the development of the first fibre-optic endoscopes in the 1960's, gastroenterology, in common with other traditional medical specialties, relied on biochemical and radiological techniques in order to investigate the gastrointestinal tract. Histological confirmation of a disease process usually required the presence of a surgeon, was invasive, and carried inherent risks. Because of a rapid improvement in technology, we are now able to sample the entire gastrointestinal tract from the mouth and anus through to the ileal / jejunal junction"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The value of gastrointestinal (GI) biopsy / Constantinos Parisinos, Vinay Sehgal and Gareth Parkes
Gastrointestinal involvement by systemic disease / Adrian Bateman
Radiation effect / Roger Feakins
Transplantation, Immunodeficiency and iimmunosuppression / Newton Wong
Drug-induced disease / Aoife McCarthy and Kieran Sheahan
Ischaemia and vascular disorders / RomuloCelli and Xuchen Zhang
Paediatric conditions / Paula Borralho-Nunes
Dysplasia / Magali Svrcek and Roger Feakins
Normal oesophageal, gastric and duodenal mucosa / Roger Feakins
Gastro-oesophageal reflux and Barrett's oesophagus / Naziheh Assarzadegan and Maryam Kherad Pezhouh
Infective oesophagitis and special types of oesophagitis / Shaun Walsh
Assessment of gastric biopsies / Tim Andrews and Fiona Campbell
Types of gastritis / Tim Andrews and Fiona Campbell
Duodenitis and related conditions / Lindsey Clarke and Roger Feakins
Coeliac disease and its mimics / Colan Ho-Yen and Fuju Chang
Involvement of the upper gastrointestinal tract by inflammatory bowel disease / Roger Feakins
Normal lower gastrointestinal mucosa / Roger Feakins
Infective disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Nicole Panarelli
Jejunitis and ileitis / Karel Geboes and Anne Jouret-Mourin
Microscopic colitis / Maurice Loughrey
Inflammatory bowel disease: diagnosis / Roger Feakins
Inflammatory bowel disease : histological mimics / Roger Feakins
Inflammatory bowel disease : complications / Roger Feakins
Inflammatory bowel disease: an approach to reporting / Roger Feakins
Ileal pouch anal anastomosis / Shaun Walsh and Roger Feakins
Diverticular disease, mucosal prolapse and related conditions / Lukasz Adamczyk and Neil Shepherd
Anal lesions / Morgan Moorghen