Duodenal cancer is a life-threatening cancer that affects your small intestine. Learn about the types, symptoms, and treatment for this rare condition.

Relationships between the duodenal proteome and absolute levels of duodenal amplicon sequence variants were assessed by means of singular value decomposition of a cross-covariance matrix.

Duodenal switch surgery is a complex weight loss procedure. It's designed to treat severe obesity and obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have found in a new study that periodontitis was linked to a higher risk of peptic and duodenal ulcers, but not gastric ulcers. Therefore treatment of periodontitis may enhance ...

A multiple malformation condition was considered in this patient with an occipital encephalocele, duodenal web, pelvic kidney and anterior ectopic anus.

A periampullary duodenal diverticulum compresses the distal bile duct, leading to obstructive jaundice in a patient without gallstones or tumours.

CHICAGO -- A novel approach to revitalizing the duodenal mucosa as a means to restore normal insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes is showing strong promise in early studies ...

The prior duodenal obstructions reported in giant omphaloceles have been extrinsic obstructions due to a malformed liver. 5, 6 This type of obstruction is presumably caused by an abnormal growth ...

Closing a perforated duodenal ulcer with a stent was feasible and did not appear to differ from surgical closure in outcomes, a small randomized Swedish study suggested. In the 42-patient study ...

Duodenal cancer develops in the first section of the small intestine: the duodenum. This type of cancer is rare, and symptoms can be vague, which can make it difficult to diagnose. However, early ...

Gastric and duodenal ulcers are types of peptic ulcer. They affect different parts of the digestive tract, but both can cause pain and discomfort, and serious complications if they are left ...

Nonetheless, salmonella species were detected in the duodenal aspirates of 24 of 36 children (67%) with EED (see Table S8 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of the article ...