Yamada's Handbook of Gastroenterology

Color Plates List vii Preface ix List of Abbreviations xi Part 1 Approach to Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms or Signs 1 The Patient with Dysphagia or Odynophagia 3 2 The Patient with Heartburn or Chest Pain 13 3 The Patient with Gastrointestinal Bleeding 23 4 The Patient with Unexplained Weight Loss 37 5 The Patient with Nausea and Vomiting 47 6 The Patient with Abdominal Pain 57 7 The Patient with Gas and Bloating 69 8 The Patient with Ileus or Obstruction 79 9 The Patient with Constipation 89 10 The Patient with Diarrhea 99 11 The Patient with an Abdominal Mass 115 12 The Patient with Jaundice or Abnormal Liver Biochemical Tests 125 13 The Patient with Ascites 143 14 The Patient Requiring Nutritional Support 157 15 The Patient Requiring Endoscopic Procedures 171 Part 2 Specific Gastrointestinal Diseases 16 Motor Disorders of the Esophagus 187 17 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis 197 18 Esophageal Neoplasia 207 19 Disorders of Gastric Emptying 217 20 Acid Peptic Disorders 229 21 Functional Dyspepsia 239 22 Gastric Neoplasia 245 23 Celiac Disease 255 24 Short Bowel Syndrome 265 25 Small Intestinal Neoplasia 273 26 Diverticular Disease of the Colon 281 27 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 289 28 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 299 29 Colonic Neoplasia 317 30 Anorectal Diseases 327 31 Pancreatitis 335 32 Pancreatic Neoplasia 349 33 Biliary Tract Stones and Cysts 359 34 Viral Hepatitis 369 35 Genetic and Metabolic Diseases of the Liver 383 36 Cholestatic Liver Diseases 391 37 Alcoholic Liver Disease 401 38 Autoimmune Hepatitis 407 39 Complications of Cirrhosis 413 40 Primary Hepatic Neoplasms 423 41 Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract 431 42 Gastrointestinal Vascular Lesions 447 43 Medical, Surgical, and Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity 457 44 Questions and Answers 463 Index 517