Nazari, Matthew Lee, Alice Rosenblum, Jared Baba, Tilak Kallus, Samuel
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Primary adenocarcinoma of the small intestine comprises one of the rarest gastrointestinal malignancies. Further, the terminal ileum is very seldom implicated. This entity occurs sporadically and evades traditional colonoscopic evaluation in which the terminal ileum is not visualized. Herein, a case of interval development of primary terminal ileal...
Schäffler, Holger Huth, Astrid Lamprecht, Georg Anders, Olaf
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The treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can be challenging, especially in elderly multimorbid patients. Since incidence and prevalence rates of IBD are rising steadily, treatment of older patients with relevant and also rare comorbidities will be of increasing relevancy for caregivers. Here we report on a 74-year-old multimorbid patient ...
Suzumura, Kazuhiro Hatano, Etsuro Okada, Toshihiro Asano, Yasukane Uyama, Naoki Nakamura, Ikuo Hai, Seikan Ichikawa, Nobutaka Nakasho, Keiji Fujimoto, Jiro
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An epithelial cyst in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen (ECIAS) is rare. We herein report a case of a patient with ECIAS who underwent laparoscopic surgery. A 57-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of a pancreatic tail tumor. She was asymptomatic, and a physical examination revealed no remarkable abnormalities. The levels of the t...
Naimimohasses, Sara El Sherif, Omar Ashfaq, Mohammad Nolan, Niamh Iqbal, Masood McKiernan, Susan Norris, Suzanne
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The spontaneous seroclearance of hepatitis B upon development of a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is extremely rare. To date, there has been one published case series reporting hepatitis B seroconversion following HCC resection. We describe two novel cases of spontaneous hepatitis B seroclearance following the development of HCC, prior to resection...
Trieu, Judy A. Bilal, Mohammad Luthra, Gurinder
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Vedolizumab is a new humanized monoclonal antibody that has been reserved for those with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis who have failed immunomodulator and TNF-α antagonist therapy, and for those who have an increased risk for developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Because it targets gastrointestinal tract...
Nassar, Yousef Richter, Seth
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Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have been identified as being infectious to humans worldwide. The most common species causing infect...
Anastasiou, Jiannis Hussameddin, Anas Al Quorain, Abdulaziz
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is gaining popularity for the treatment of morbid obesity. It is regarded as a simple, low-cost procedure achieving significant weight loss within a short period of time. LSG is considered a safe procedure with a relatively low complication rate. The complications encountered nevertheless can result in signific...
Aerts, Maridi Reynaert, Hendrik
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Gastrinomas are functionally active pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) secreting gastrin and are associated with local or regional metastases in 60% of the cases. Somatostatin analogs (SSAs) are currently recommended as a first-line treatment for the symptomatic treatment of NETs. Although antiproliferative activity of SSAs has been demonstrat...
Okamura, Kunishige Ohara, Masanori Kaneko, Tsukasa Shirosaki, Tomohide Fujiwara, Aki Yamabuki, Takumi Takahashi, Ryo Komuro, Kazuteru Iwashiro, Nozomu Kimura, Noriko
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Rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst is one of the rare complications and usually results in high mortality. The present case was a rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst that could be treated by surgical intervention. A 74-year-old man developed abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, and he was diagnosed with cholecystitis and pneumonia. Three days later, ...
Teh, Guo Xiang Jonathan Tan, Damien Khor, Jen Lock Wan, Wei Keat Wang, Yu Tien
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Metastasis to the esophagus from a distant primary cancer is a rare manifestation in a patient with a history of oncological disease presenting with obstructive upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Computed tomography of the thorax or esophagogastroduodenoscopy can be non-diagnostic as the disease tends to be submucosal. In such a situation, endoscopic...
