Endocrine Abstracts

About one in six hospital admissions are for a primary diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) disease in the UK, according to the British Society of Gastroenterology, and there is a similar incidence of disease in other developed countries. Inflammatory disease of the gut, in particular, alters the release of cytokines and gut hormones. Medication is used to manage GI diseases and endoscopies help visually monitor its progression. However, this procedure is invasive and causes dis...

The gut plays an important role in energy homeostasis, and gut function is under intensive neuroendocrine control. The non-invasive imaging techniques contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging and super resolution ultrasound (SRUS) have the potential visualise the gut and provide novel insight into its structure and function. We aimed to demonstrate that changes in duodenal villi structure can be monitored using CEUS and SRUS, providing an insight into the structural of the ...