Starting just proximal to the ligament of Treitz and ... There were numerous enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes. The small bowel and colon distal to this area were normal. A lymph node removed ...

In the case of two of the most common types of FGID involving the intestine, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional bloating, the distal small and proximal large intestine would be the ...

Complete small bowel evaluation is also rarely possible. In the near future DBE will probably remain the best technique for distal lesions, but more proximal lesions will be amenable to SE.

Such dislocation may and may not cause obstruction. That relatively minor variations from the normal in the course of the proximal small bowel may cause obstruction is not so well known.

A paraffin embedding technique for studies employing immunofluorescence. J Histochem Cytochem 10:250-256, 1962) Colitis models for inflammatory bowel disease research For these projects, the colon is ...