In case you’ve ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there’s a word – and, now, a single organ – for that: the mesentery. But, don’t worry – you haven’t grown a new organ. It’s ...

Multiplatform profiling of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) identifies novel co-occurring pathogenic alterations and associations with clinicopathologic factors. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

For many years, scientists have debated whether the ‘gut mesentery’, a fan-shaped, double-layered membrane in the human abdominal cavity, is a single entity. Using a revised method of dissection, an ...

About 50% of patients with small intestine neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) have their prognosis negatively impacted by the development of mesenteric fibrosis, but the mechanisms behind these are ...

Quick, point to your mesentery. If you aren’t quite sure where it is, or what it is, you are not alone. However, this piece of your digestive tract is getting a lot of attention lately, as some ...

The small intestine is an important part of the digestive system, connecting the stomach to the large intestine. It stretches about 20 feet and coils to fit in your abdomen. The small intestine is ...

The clinical presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) can vary and can be attributed to tumour mass effect or gastrointestinal haemorrhage. We present the rare case of a female in her ...