Decreased appetite (changes in the sense of taste and smell, appetite centre). Saliva secretion decreases, mouth dryness is observed. Swallo...
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Choledocholithiasis • Most gallstones; These are stones that cannot pass from the gallbladder to the duodenum and remain in the biliary trac...
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• Its frequency increases over the age of 60 and is 2-3 times more common in women. • Risk factors: porcelain pouch gallbladder stone Gallbl...
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Definition • 90% of acute cholecystitis cases are due to stones. It occurs as a result of stone obstruction of the cystic duct and secondary...
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General information and pathophysiology • 80% of gallstones are cholesterol stones and 20% are pigment stones (calcium bilirubinate). In fac...
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General information • Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) develop from enterochromaffin or "Kulchitsky" cells. • Generally, the most impo...
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Risk factors Cigarette Diabetes mellitus, Obesity Heavy alcohol consumption (light to moderate consumption is not a risk factor) chronic pan...
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• The most common (30-40%) of the cystic lesions of the pancreas are non-neoplastic pseudocysts, often occurring as a complication of acute ...
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• It is examined in 2 groups according to epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and histological features. Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis is...
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Definition and Etiology • It is a picture characterized by irreversible fibrosis of the pancreas, loss of exocrine and endocrine function, i...
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Etiology • Although it varies geographically, the most common causes are gallstones and alcohol. • During the passage of gallstones from the...
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Definition and Etiology • Bleeding under the ligament of Treitz (jejunum, ileum, colon and rectum) is defined as lower GI bleeding. • The mo...
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Epidemiology and Pathogenesis • It is the 3rd most common cancer in the world in general. It is the most common GI cancer. • As with other G...
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General Information • Small intestinal tumors are less common than other GIS tumors. • The most common benign tumors are adenoma and leiomyo...
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• It is a clinical condition that develops due to Clostrodium difficile after antibiotic use and progresses with a severe colitis picture. •...
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• It is an inflammatory disease of the colon caused by Entemoeba histolytica. • Disease; It may progress as asymptomatic, noninvasive coliti...
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• It is a disease that progresses with chronic watery diarrhea, macroscopically normal colonic mucosa, microscopically lymphocyte-dominated ...
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General information It is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that can involve the entire gastrointestinal tract and progresses wit...
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General information • It is an inflammatory disease characterized by involvement of only the colon (rarely terminal ileum) in the GI lumen a...
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