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"Playboy bunny" sign of congestive heart failure.

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A calcified caecal mass.

scientific article published on August 2004

A fish bone perforation of the esophagus.

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

A gallstone impaction at the ampulla of Vater

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

A pulmonary nodule in a patient with Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

A thin 43-year-old woman with gross hematuria.

scientific article

Acute focal bacterial nephritis.

scientific article

Acute haemorrhagic rectal ulcer in fulminant hepatitis.

scientific article published on 2 March 2009

Acute hemorrhagic rectal ulcer syndrome: an emerging 'new' entity

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma presenting multiple lymphomatous polyposis.

scientific article

Alcoholic liver cirrhosis complicated with torsade de pointes during plasma exchange and hemodiafiltration

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

All that's elevated is not a polyp

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

An uncommon cause of haematochezia in an adult with skin rash.

scientific article

An unusual cause of abdominal fullness in a patient with Raynaud's phenomenon. Mixed connective tissue disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

An unusual cause of bubbly urine

scientific article published on 29 October 2007

An unusual cause of haematochezia

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

An unusual cause of polyposis.

scientific article published on November 2006

An unusual cause of rectal bleeding in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on August 2005

An unusual cause of rectal bleeding in a young woman

scientific article published on July 2005

Appendiceal orifice inflammation in ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 06 June 2009

Aseptic subcutaneous abscess associated with ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Association between Strongyloides stercoralis infection and biliary tract cancer

scientific article published on 05 July 2007

Association between colonic polyps and diverticular disease.

scientific article published on April 2008

At the focal point...metastatic malignant melanoma

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Bamboo trees in the stomach.

scientific article published on November 2004

Behçet's colitis

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Characterization of Aeromonas sobria TAP13 pili: a possible new colonization factor

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

Chronic diarrhoea with thickening of the colonic wall.

scientific article published on January 2007

Chronic intermittent vomiting after scoliosis surgery.

scientific article published on February 2005

Clinical Images: chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction and the "hide-bound" bowel sign

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus and other herpes virus infections in ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Coffee bean sign, beak-shaped transition point, and endoscopic whirl sign of huge sigmoid volvulus in intestinal neuronal dysplasia

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Colonic stricture with filiform polyposis in Crohn's disease.

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Colonoscopic findings and pathologic characteristics of Strongyloides colitis: a case series.

scientific article

Colonoscopic findings in an adult patient with Henoch-Schönlein purpura

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Confounding effects of microbiome on the susceptibility of TNFSF15 to Crohn's disease in the Ryukyu Islands

scientific article

Crescent-in-doughnut sign and telescope sign of intussusception in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

Crohn disease complicated by IgA vasculitis during therapy with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Crohn's disease and volvulus

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Crohn's disease: aphthoid to longitudinal ulcers

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Cytomegalovirus-associated gastric ulcers in a patient with dermatomyositis treated with steroid and cyclophosphamide pulse therapy

scientific article published on 13 September 2011

Detection of active bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia by capsule endoscopy.

scientific article published in March 2013

Diagnosis of Lemmel's syndrome by air insufflation during endoscopy

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis using a monoclonal antibody toMycobacterium tuberculosis ⬇️

scientific article published on December 21, 2012

Different natural courses of chronic hepatitis B with genotypes B and C after the fourth decade of life.

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Distribution of cytomegalovirus genotypes among ulcerative colitis patients in Okinawa, Japan

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Diverticular colitis of the ascending colon preceding the onset of ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: Signs of pneumoperitoneum

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: the shell sign of Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9 caused by early colon cancer treated with endoscopic mucosal resection

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

Endoscopic and histopathological features of gastrointestinal amyloidosis

scientific article published on August 2011

Endoscopic and histopathological study on the duodenum of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection.

scientific article published on March 2008

Endoscopic clipping in the lower gastrointestinal tract ⬇️

scientific article published on October 15, 2009

Endoscopic clipping of duodenal Dieulafoy's lesions: alone or combined?

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Epigastric pain in a woman with previous Behcet's disease.

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Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Esophageal perforation by fish bone ingestion

scientific article published on 06 August 2011

Esophagitis dissecans superficialis and autoimmune bullous dermatoses: A review.

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Esophagitis dissecans superficialis associated with bisphosphonates

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Evaluation of a multiplex PCR assay for detection of cytomegalovirus in stool samples from patients with ulcerative colitis.

scientific article

Factors associated with visceral fat accumulation in the general population in Okinawa, Japan.

scientific article published on May 2016

Fatal malignant aortoesophageal fistula

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Filiform polyposis in ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Fucoidan enhances intestinal barrier function by upregulating the expression of claudin-1.

scientific article published on September 2013

Gastric anisakidosis: an unfavorable taste of sushi

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Gastrocolic fistula in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Gastrointestinal: bleeding colonic diverticulum

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Gastrointestinal: cap polyposis

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Gastrointestinal: duodenal Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Heyde syndrome: a common but less recognized complex of aortic stenosis and bleeding intestinal angiodysplasia.

scientific article published in December 2009

Image of the month. Churg-Strauss syndrome

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Image of the month. Strongyloides stercoralis larvae.

scientific article published in January 1998

Image of the month: primary amyloidosis of the duodenum.

scientific article

Images in clinical medicine. Biliary sludge extruding into the duodenum.

scientific article published in October 1998

Images of Interest. Gastrointestinal: aphthous lesions to overt Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Images of interest. Gastrointestinal: acute gastric anisakiasis

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Images of interest. Gastrointestinal: aortoduodenal fistulae.

scientific article published in June 2005

Images of interest. Gastrointestinal: rectal Dieulafoy lesion

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Impending megacolon: small bowel distension as a predictor of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

Increased detection rate of Strongyloides stercoralis by repeated stool examinations using the agar plate culture method.

scientific article published in October 2007

Induced reactivity of intestinal CD4(+) T cells with an epithelial cell lectin, galectin-4, contributes to exacerbation of intestinal inflammation.

scientific article published in June 2004

Inflammatory myoglandular polyps of the rectum

scientific article published on February 2015

Intrasplenic pancreatic pseudocysts.

scientific article

Jaundice and anaemia.

scientific article published on September 2004

Jejunal diverticulosis

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Jejunal schwannoma detected by video capsule endoscopy

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Liver abscess

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Low prevalence of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in patients with gastric cancer.

scientific article published in December 2007

Mondor disease: an unusual cause of chest pain

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Munchausen's Syndrome: Patients' Lives and Rights ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1998

Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and Castleman's disease: potential role of interleukin-6

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Normal serum IgE levels and eosinophil counts exhibited during Strongyloides stercoralis infection.

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Notched sign and bamboo-joint-like appearance in duodenal Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma with Epithelioid Type, Demonstrating High Serum and Ascitic KL-6 Levels: Immunohistochemical Analyses

scientific article published on 7 September 2015

Phylogenetic and phylodynamic analyses of hepatitis C virus subtype 1a in Okinawa, Japan.

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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: radiographic and endoscopic features

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Pneumatosis intestinalis and hepatic portal venous gas in Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

Prevalence of Blastocystis hominis and Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Okinawa, Japan

scientific article (publication date: November 2007)

Progression of diverticular colitis to ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Pseudocirrhosis in metastatic esophageal cancer

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Pulmonary strongyloidiasis: assessment between manifestation and radiological findings in 16 severe strongyloidiasis cases.

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Pulseless hematochezia: Takayasu's arteritis associated with ulcerative colitis.

scientific article published on September 2003

Purification and characterization of Aeromonas sobria Ae24 pili: a possible new colonization factor

scientific article published on October 1, 1992

Purple urine bag syndrome

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Purple urine bag syndrome

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Quadruple Multiple Primary Malignancies: Early Detection of Second Primary Malignancy by Esophagogastroduodenoscopy/Colonoscopy Is Crucial for Patients with Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Relationship Among Strongyloides stercoralis Infection, Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection, and Cancer: A 24-Year Cohort Inpatient Study in Okinawa, Japan

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Relationship between diabetes mellitus and the site of colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Roles of galectins in inflammatory bowel disease.

scientific article published on September 2008

Self inflicted rectal ulcer: hearing is believing.

scientific article published on January 2004

Small intestinal metastasis from primary lung cancer

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Splenic infarction in pancreatic cancer

scientific article published on 05 November 2009

Stroke and neck bruit in a boy with Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Successful long-term treatment with cyclosporin A in protein losing gastroenteropathy.

scientific article

Surgery for carcinoid tumours of the lower gastrointestinal tract

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Telescope sign of intussusception in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.

scientific article

The annual tree ring sign, the concentric sign, and Aurora rings: similar faces of "prolapsing" diseases?

scientific article published in March 2014

The clover sign of internal fistulas in Crohn disease

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

The sandwich sign in mesenteric lymphoma.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

The sigmoid colon of ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 03 March 2009

Tortoise shell-like mucosa of acute intestinal graft-versus-host disease

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

Utility of endoscopic hemoclipping for colonic diverticular bleeding

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Whipple's disease: the first Japanese case diagnosed by electron microscopy and polymerase chain reaction.

scientific article published in July 2004

[A case report of upper gastrointestinal bleeding from hemorrhagic pancreatic pseudocyst by penetration to the stomach]

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

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