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METHODS
A 26-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a 6-month history of diarrhea and abdominal pain. Before admission, upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy had shown a mild erosive duodenitis and the patient was started on a proton pump inhibitor. Physical examination and laboratory tests
BACKGROUND
Lymphocytic colitis and microscopic enteritis are relatively common causes of chronic diarrhea and it is characterized by an intraepithelial lymphocytic infiltrate. There have been no previous reports of coexistence between these 2 pathologies.
OBJECTIVE
To describe histological and
We report a 43-year-old male with hypereosinophilic syndrome. The patient has had eosinophilia since the age of 25. He developed bronchial asthma at 41 years of age. In the following year, he consulted a gastroenterologist because of fever and abdominal discomfort. Upper gastrointestinal study
A 51-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of chronic diarrhea. She had spent a 14 day vacation in Sri Lanka three years ago. The clinical examination of the patient was unremarkable. Values for protein, iron, zinc, copper and folic acid were decreased and the Shilling- and D-xylose tests
Candida infection in the small intestine is uncommon. We report an unusual case of duodenal candidiasis that presented as chronic diarrhea in a patient who had previously undergone kidney transplantation. A 60-year-old man presented with profuse watery diarrhea that had lasted 6 months 13 years
60 patients (p) with ages ranging between 19 and 73 (32 females and 28 males) were selected and randomized for a prospective study about he confirmation of endoscopic wounds reported like giardiasic duodenitis: a nodular whitish puncture over the mucous with a focal or diffuse pattern over. We
We describe an atypical case of duodenal leishmaniasis in a boxer dog presenting with chronic diarrhea and poor general condition. Antidiarrheic therapy was previously administered without success and inflammatory bowel disease localized to the small intestine was suspected, given the chronic
OBJECTIVE
Although gastritis and esophagitis are well studied in children, there is very limited literature on duodenitis in children. We aimed to assess the prevalence, etiology, clinical, endoscopic, and pathological features in a large cohort of unselected children with duodenitis.
METHODS
We
BACKGROUND
Neurolytic celiac plexus block is a well established intervention to palliate pain, and it potentially improves quality of life in patients suffering from an upper abdominal malignancy, specifically pancreatic cancer.
METHODS
We describe a 61-year-old female with a history of pancreatic
Cryptosporidial oocyst infection is a common cause of diarrhea in patients with AIDS. Concomitant symptoms can include crampy abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is then useful for delineating potentially treatable pathogens. We report a case of cryptosporidial
We report on a 20-year old woman who suffered from watery diarrhea. The results of the histology and the serology as well as clinical symptoms lead us to the diagnosis of sprue. Under specific gluten-free diet the diarrhea frequency was reduced. After a few weeks the patient returned to hospital
BACKGROUND
Diarrhea is a frequently occurring adverse event during treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR TKIs) and is mostly accompanied by abdominal cramps, flatulence and pyrosis. These complaints impair quality of life and lead to dose
Duodenal infection by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is a common opportunistic disease in HIV-infected patients. Individuals with CD4 counts <50 cells/mm3 are at highest risk. The main symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever. Endoscopic examination shows various
Children who have undergone liver transplantation may develop chronic diarrhea for a number of reasons. Three children who underwent liver transplantation for liver failure, all of whom had had previous biliary and intestinal surgeries and whose postoperative course was marked by signs and symptoms