Neoplasms of the small intestine
The small intestine represents 75% of the length and 90% of the surface area of the gastrointestinal tract, yet neoplasms of the small intestine are rare, accounting for only 1%…
Epithelial neoplasms of the stomach
Gastric carcinomas have a variety of precursors that can be identified histologically. Precursor lesions can be broadly classified into categories of either gastric epithelial dysplasia (GED) for flat (grossly normal)…
Tumors of the esophagus
■ Fibrovascular polyps of the esophagus Clinical features These lesions may not be truly neoplastic but are included here as tumefactions that are occasionally encountered in clinical practice. Fibrovascular polyps…
Non-neoplastic disorders of the esophagus
Non-neoplastic disorders of the esophagus come in a great variety of forms, including structural abnormalities, inflammatory, infectious, traumatic, vascular, and those associated with systemic diseases. Some entities are mostly diagnosed…
Prostate and urethral sphincters
In shape the prostate resembles a Spanish chestnut. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV, 146/1, 1847–9 Very little is known as to the uses of the prostatic body. Todd’s Cycl. Anat. II,…
Kidney, ureter, and adrenal glands
My reynes or Kidneis, hath chiden me unto the night. MORE Picus Wks. 20/1, 1510. That the watry humour may be separated from the blood, Nature hath added the Reins…
Bladder, ureterovesical junction, and rectum
Every beest that gendreth hath a bladder. TREVISA Barth. De P.R.v.xliv (1495) 161, 1398. Because a man should do something else besides continually piss, the bladder was added to containe…
Penis and male urethra
Penis, the Yard, made up of two nervous Bodies, the Channel, Nut, Skin, and Fore-skin, etc. BPD (ed.2) 1693. Development of the penis and urethra Early stages of genital development…
Female genital tract and urethra
The organs of generation . . . consist in each muscle of two ovaries, which are the female parts of its furniture. GOLDSMITH Nat. Hist. VII. 42, 1774. . ….
