Fundamentals of Gastroenterology

1. MOUTH, PHARYNX AND OESOPHAGUS: Anatomy and physiology of the oesophagus; Oral manifestations of systemic disease; Stomatitis; Dysphagia; Suggested further reading; 2. STOMACH AND DUODENUM: Anatomy and physiology of the stomach; Gastric emptying; Reaction of tissues to acid and pepsin; Gastric mucosal defence mechanisms; Gastric secretory abnormalities and disease; Peptic ulcer; Gastric outlet obstruction; Perforation; Special types of ulcers; Gastritis; Gastric carcinoma; Suggested further reading; 3. SMALL INTESTINE: Anatomy; Physiology; Malabsorption; Chronic secretory diarrhoea of endocine origin; Suggested further reading; 4. COLON, RECTUM AND ANUS: Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology; Congenital anomalies; Ulcerative colitis; Crohn's disease of the colon; Diverticular disease of the colon; Ischaemic colitis; Uncommon cause of colitis; Pathogenesis of colorectal neoplasia; Carcinoma of the colon and rectum; Other colonic diseases; Rectal and anal disorders; Suggested further reading; 5. PANCREAS: Anatomy and developmental anatomy; Physiology of pancreatic exocrine secretion; Pancreatitis; Carcinoma of the pancreas; Islet cell tumors of the pancreas; Suggested further reading; 6. LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT: Relevant anatomy; Physiology; Acute viral hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF); Cirrhosis of the liver; Portal hypertension; Ascites; Functional renal failure in cirrhosis ('hepatorenal syndrome') Special types of cirrhosis; Alcoholic liver disease; Cholestasis; Drug-induced liver damage; Benign hepatic neoplasms; Malignant hepatic neoplasms; Congenital hyperbilirubinaemia; Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts; Diagnostic techniques in liver disease; Suggested further reading; 7. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: Acute enteritis and enterocolitis; Causative agents of non-inflammatory infectious diarrhoea; Causative agent of inflammatory diarrhoea; Causative agents of non-inflammatory diarrhoea containing blood; Helminth infestation of the gastrointestinal tract; Neurotoxin-associated food poisoning; Suggested further reading; 8. MOTILITY AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: Gastrointestinal motor physiology and pathophysiology; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Suggested further reading; 9. COMMON SYMPTOMS; Oesophageal symptoms; Abdominal symptoms; Miscellaneous symptoms; Jaundice; Suggested further reading;.