Gastroenterology

Description

A convenient and user-friendly handbook of clinical gastroenterology providing systematic yet concise coverage of the diseases and disorders of the digestive tract. The wide experience of the author's background in both clinical gastroenterology and imaging is reflected in the informative text which is illustrated with colour photos, imaging and diagrams of the highest quality.

The book is an invaluable resource for those preparing for higher qualifications in gastroenterology and general medicine, and to physicians and medical students who want a handy general reference source to problems of the digestive system.

Readership: Physicians in training and practice in gastroenterology, general medicine and general practice.

Contents

Gastroenterological Problems

• Major presenting complaints
• Physical examination

Mouth and Pharynx

• Oral Problems
• Oral Cancer
• Oral Keratoses and Leukoplakia
• Bullous Lesions

Oesophagus

• Anatomy
• Investigating Achalasia
• Columnar-lined Oesophagus
• Carcinoma of the Oesophagus
• Oesophageal Varices
• Infections
• Webs and Rings
• Diverticulae and Pouches
• Hiatus Hernia
• Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease and Oesophagitis

Stomach

• Anatomy
• Investigation
• Gastritis
• Helicobacter Pylori
• Gastric Cancer and Lymphoma
• Complications of Gastric Surgery
• Disorders of Gastric Motility
• Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
• Gastric Polyps and Benign Gastric Tumours

Duodenum

• Peptic Ulcers
• Chronic Duodental Ulceration

Jejunum and Ileum

• Investigations of Diarrhoe and Malabsorbtion
• Coeliac Disease
• Tropical Sprue
• Whipples Disease
• Short Gut Syndrome
• Protein-losing Enteropathy
• Radiation Enteritis
• Bacterial Overgrowth
• Immunodeficiency States
• Crohn's Disease
• Ileostomies
• Lymphoma of Small Intestine & Tumours
• Anatomy
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Infections of Small Intestine
• Vascular Disease of Small Intestine

Pancreas

• Acute & Chronic Pancreatitis
• Inherited Pancreatic Disorders
• Inherited Pancreatic Disorders
• Cancer of the Exocrine/Endocrine Pancreas

Biliary Conditions

• Extrahepatic
• Biliary Disease
• Choledochal Cysts
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Primary Schlerosing Cholangitis
• Cholangiohepatitis
• Cholangiocarcinoma

Colonic Disease

• Colonic Polyps
• Polyposis Syndromes
• Colon Carcinoma
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Proctitis
• Collagenous Colitis/Lymphocytic Colitis
• Radiation
• Infectious Colitis
• Proctocolitis
• Drug and Chemical Colitis
• Cathartic Colon
• Parasitic Infestations of Colon
• Parasitic Infestations
• Schistosomiasis
• Chagas' Disease
• Enterobius vermicularis
• Hirschsprung's Disease and Congenital Megacolon
• Diverticular Disease
• Solitary Rectal Ulcer
• Vascular Disorders
• Haemorrhoids

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

• Upper GI Bleeding
• Small Intestinal Bleeding
• Lower Bleeding

Miscellaneous Conditions

• Constipation
• Miscellaneous
• Ascites
• Acute Peritonitis

Index