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a natural cavity or hollow in a bone

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Data offered by studies in the literature suggest that gastric polyps are generally singular, located in the antrum, and are smaller than 1 cm (14).
21, 23); antrum of female genitalia well developed (Figs.
* M= Mastoid: o M0= no mastoid involvement, o M1= antrum cholesteatoma, o M2= cholesteatoma extending beyond the antrum and o M3= cholesteatoma affects the whole mastoid cavity.
Superficial ulcers and erosions around the GAW and erosive gastritis in the pyloric antrum were detected.
Since the inherent risk of any biopsy procedure is sampling error, to biopsy both gastric compartments (two biopsies from the antrum and two from the corpus) increases the test's sensitivity, especially if the patient was recently treated with a proton pump inhibitor drug.2 When gastroscopy is not mandatory, C-urea breath test (UBT) is the most accurate tool to detect H.
The specifics of the method were as follows: if no cloud signs were found at a depth of 65 cm in the antrum, the tube needed to be reintroduced; if the cloud signs did not exhibit any changes in location, size, orientation, and delay in response to increased recorded insertion depth, the tube had not actually continue to enter and needed to be adjusted and repositioned.
H.pylori attacks D-cells in antrum and disturbs balance between gastrin producing G-cells and somatostatin producing D-cells.
Sinonasal Total Age group (yrs) NPC MA NC NM NE 0-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-19 1 0 1 1 0 3 20-29 6 2 0 0 1 9 30-39 3 0 1 0 0 4 40-49 3 1 1 1 0 6 50-59 4 3 0 2 0 9 60-69 5 2 0 1 0 8 70-79 2 0 0 1 1 4 80-89 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total 24 8 3 7 2 44 Occupation Farmer 9 3 0 2 0 14 Housemaker 5 2 0 1 0 8 Retiree 0 0 0 1 0 1 Student 4 1 1 1 0 7 Trader 2 1 2 2 1 8 Carpenter 0 1 0 0 0 1 Civil servant 2 0 0 0 0 2 Nurse 1 0 0 0 0 1 Unemployed 1 0 0 0 1 2 Total 24 8 3 7 2 44 NPC: nasopharyngeal cancer; MA: maxillary antrum; NC: nasal cavity; NM: nasomaxillary; NE: nasoethmoidal.
In patients with previous LSG, X-ray swallow examination detected 5 patients with dilated residual fundus (group A) and 2 patients with large remnant antrum (group B) (Figure 1).
Furthermore, the antrum is preserved in some cases depending on the distance of the resection, and the pylorus remains intact.
In this case report, a 28-year-old woman with a 5 x 6 cm mass in the antrum of the stomach will be presented.
A series of further postoperative radiographs confirmed its location, lying outside the right maxillary antrum. Due to the pronounced postoperative facial oedema at that time, no attempt was made to remove the appliance.
In the myenteric ganglia of the antrum, the SP-positive cell bodies constitute 27.46 [+ or -] 1.09% of all HuC/D neurons studied (Figure 2, Figures 3(a)-3(c)).
The condition is diagnosed endoscopically and is characterized by visible columns of red, tortuous, ectatic vessels along the longitudinal folds of the gastric antrum. This endoscopic appearance is pathognomonic for GAVE [4].
Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography showed a large polypoid gastric mass in the antrum and the beginning of the duodenum (Figure 2).