Images of the Issue

A Large Abdominal Osteosarcoma

Mihai Rimbas, Fabia Attili, Frediano Inzani, Alberto Larghi

135

Gastric Adenocarcinoma on Incidental Upper GI Endoscopy

Peter Akabah, Simona Mocan, Daniela Dobru

136

Ménétrier’s Disease: a Rare Entity Which Mimicks Gastric Cancer

Ion Bancila, Irinel Popescu, Vlad Herlea, Gabriel Becheanu, Mona Dumbrava, Cristian Gheorghe

137

Original Article

Two-week Triple Therapy with either Standard or High-dose Esomeprazole for First-line H. pylori Eradication

Vincenzo De Francesco, Lorenzo Ridola, Cesare Hassan, Annamaria Bellesia, Domenico Alvaro, Dino Vaira, Angelo Zullo

147-150

Curcumin and Fennel Essential Oil Improve Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Piero Portincasa, Leonilde Bonfrate, Maria Scribano, Anna Kohn, Nicola Caporaso, Davide Festi, Maria Chiara Campanale, Teresa Di Rienzo, Maria Guarino, Martina Taddia, Maria Vittoria Fogli, Maria Grimaldi, Antonio Gasbarrini

151-157

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Is Associated with Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Andrea Fialho, Andre Fialho, Prashanthi Thota, Arthur J. McCullough, Bo Shen

159-165

Liver Stiffness Evaluation by Transient Elastography in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Ultrasound-proven Steatosis

Ioan Sporea, Ruxandra Mare, Raluca Lupușoru, Alexandra Sima, Roxana Șirli, Romulus Timar

167-174

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients with Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Christian Schulz, Kerstin Schütte, Nino Reisener, Julia Voss, Peter Malfertheiner

191-195

High Risk of Infection During Triple Therapy with First- Generation Protease Inhibitors: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Floor A.C. Berden, Inke M.J.M. van Zwietering, Raoel Maan, Robert J. de Knegt, Wietske Kievit, Joost P.H. Drenth

197-204

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: a Simple and Effective Tool in Defining a Rapid Diagnostic Work-up for Small Nodules Detected in Cirrhotic Patients during Surveillance

Antonio Giorgio, Luca Montesarchio, Piero Gatti, Ferdinando Amendola, Paolo Matteucci, Bruno Santoro, Maria Gabriella Merola, Francesca Merola, Carmine Coppola, Valentina Giorgio

205-211

Performance of the Standard 22G Needle for Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Tissue Core Biopsy in Pancreatic Cancer

Andrada Seicean, Marcel Gheorghiu, Teodor Zaharia, Tudor Calinici, Andrada Samarghitan, Bogdan Marcus, Simona Cainap, Radu Seicean

213-218

Pancreatic Cancer: Multicenter Prospective Data Collection and Analysis by the Hungarian Pancreatic Study Group

Gábor Lakatos, Anita Balázs, Balázs Kui, Szilárd Gódi, Ákos Szücs, Andrea Szentesi, Zsolt Szentkereszty, Richárd Szmola, Dezső Kelemen, Róbert Papp, Áron Vincze, József Czimmer, Gabriella Pár, Judit Bajor, Imre Szabó, Ferenc Izbéki, Adrienn Halász, László Leindler, Gyula Farkas Jr., Tamás Takács, László Czakó, Zoltán Szepes, Péter Hegyi, Zsuzsanna Kahán

219-225

Review

Thyroid Disturbance in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Yi Shen, Xu-Lin Wang, Jin-Ping Xie, Jian-Guo Shao, Yi-Hua Lu, Sheng Zhang, Gang Qin

227-234

Case Reports

Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis Complicated with Clostridium difficile Infection: a Rare Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Camelia Cojocariu, Carol Stanciu, Codrina Ancuta, Mihai Danciu, Stefan Chiriac, Anca Trifan

235-238

Pancreatic Lymphoepithelial Cyst Showing Multiple Floating Ball-like Appearances

Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshiko Aikawa, Teiichi Sugiura, Keiko Sasaki, Kinichi Hotta, Hiroyuki Ono

239-242

Laparoscopic Transgastric versus Endoscopic Drainage of a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst. A Case Report

Mircea Beuran, Ionut Negoi, Fausto Catena, Massimo Sartelli, Sorin Hostiuc, Sorin Paun

243-247

Treatment of Malignant Esophageal Fistulas: Fluoroscopic Placement of Esophageal SEMS, Endoscopically-assisted through Surgical Gastrostomy. A Case Report

Gabriel Constantinescu, Vasile Şandru, Mădălina Ilie, Cristian Nedelcu, Radu Tincu, Bogdan Popa

249-252

Complete and Sustained Off-Therapy Response to Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Marcello Maida, Fabio Salvatore Macaluso, Franco Valenza, Roberto Virdone

253-255

Letters

Influence of MDR1 C3435T, CYP2C19*2 and CYP2C19*3 gene polymorphisms and clinical characteristics on the severity of gastric lesions: a case-control study

Anca Negovan, Mihaela Iancu, Valeriu Moldovan, Monica Pantea, Kinga Sarkany, Simona Bataga, Laurentiu Cozlea, Simona Mocan, Claudia Banescu

257-262

Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon TB Gold in Romanian BCG vaccinated, immunosuppressed patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease: a comparison with a Hungarian cohort

Carmen M. Preda, Larisa E. Fulger, Cristian Gheorghe, Liana Gheorghe, Mircea Manuc, Lucian Negreanu, Corina Meianu, Bogdan I. Slavulete, Mircea M. Diculescu

257-262

NUDT15: a novel player in thiopurine metabolism

Berrie Meijer, Chris J.J. Mulder, Nanne K.H. de Boer

257-262