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T D McCaffery

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PubMed1991

Occupational and industrial toxin exposures and the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal Toxicology Subcommittee of the American College of Gastroenterology Patient Care Committee.

The subcommittee on Gastrointestinal Toxicology of the Patient Care Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology has reviewed potential effects of exposures to occupational and industrial hazards on the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas. This review is presented to 1) share clinical data concerning gastrointestinal toxicology, 2) emphasize the paucity of available information to the practicing clinician, and 3) stimulate basic research interest in this field.

Digestive System Diseases↗
PubMed1975

The management of foreign affairs of the GI tract.

The flexible fiberoptic endoscope has not been employed consistently in the removal of foreign bodies from the gastrointestinal tract due to size limitations of the forceps and biopsy channel. The following report describes a technique for extracting large irregular objects from the upper-gastrointestinal tract, employing the polypectomy snare. It is a safe and reproducible procedure for the careful extraction of impacted objects.

Accidents, Home↗
PubMed1975

Hereditary telangiectasia manifested as gastrointestinal bleeding without external visible telangiectasia.

Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most common problems confronting the physician. In most instances, the source of the bleeding is easily identified, e.g., peptic ulcer disease, bleeding esophageal varices or a colonic lesion. Recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, however, represents one of the major enigmas confronting the practicing physician. The patient experiences intermittent episodes of weakness, easy fatigability and anemia with occult blood in the stool. Multiple barium radiographic examinations and often endoscopy and exploratory laparotomy are unrevealing as to the etiology of the bleeding. We have had occasion to investigate three such patients. Multiple evaluations of these individuals did not reveal the source of the bleeding until many years later--Rendu-Osler-Weber Disease (ROW). At the time of their evaluations these patients did not reveal the usual telangiectatic areas present on the skin and oral mucous membrane. The diagnosis was suggested by the presence of multiple gastric mucosal telangiectasia identified by gastroscopic examination. This report emphasizes the need for thorough endoscopic evaluation of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding and describes the gastroscopic findings that indicated hereditary telangiectasia as the probable source of bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract.

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