This article, the sixth in an eight-part series, examines the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine glands and tissues associated with the gastrointestinal tract The endocrine system comprises ...

This article – the third in a six-part series on the gastrointestinal tract – describes chemical digestion in the duodenum and the role by the liver and pancreas in this process. It also discusses ...

The pancreas is a six-inch-long gland in your abdomen near your liver and small intestine. It controls important hormone and enzyme secretion. Without it, your body can’t properly operate many vital ...

An annular pancreas is a rare congenital deformity (one that you are born with) that affects the pancreas. It happens when your pancreas doesn’t develop as it should. Instead, a ring of extra ...

Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is a new technique, which allows subsurface histological diagnosis at a cellular and subcellular level in vivo and could provide histological diagnosis during ...

The best treatment of a duodenal-enteric leak with peritonitis after pancreas transplant is re-laparotomy with primary repair of the enteric leak, whether it be at the anastomosis or at one of the ...

What Is a Whipple Procedure? A Whipple procedure is the main surgery used to treat tumors in the head of the pancreas. Also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, it’s named after Allen Whipple, MD, a ...

The upper digestive tracts of 20 untreated and 14 acid-exposed (Salvelinus fontinalis) were excised, paraffin processed, and 6 micron sections of each stained with azan for microsocopic analysis.

The pancreas is an organ that sits in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach and plays a role in both the digestive and endocrine system. In the endocrine system, it is responsible for producing ...