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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is related to a renal thrombotic microangiopathy, inducing hypertension and acute renal failure (ARF). Its pathogenesis involves an activation/lesion of microvascular endothelial cells, mainly in the renal vasculature, secondary to bacterial toxins, drugs, or
In massive hemorrhage from acute gastric mucosal lesions, it is occasionally difficult to control the bleeding with nonsurgical therapy. We used the somatostatin analog, octreotide, which suppresses gastric and pancreatic function, to treat severe hemorrhagic erosive gastritis in a patient with
BACKGROUND Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in children is a rare life-threatening syndrome, characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia with renal dysfunction, neurologic symptoms, and fever. TTP is usually caused by deficient activity of von Willebrand factor
We herein report two cases of gastrointestinal amyloidosis, secondary to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in one, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the other. A 21-year-old woman, who has been suffering from JRA for the past 12 years, was transferred to our hospital due to intense pain in the
BACKGROUND
The combination of aortic stenosis, acquired coagulopathy, and anemia due to gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is described as Heyde syndrome.
METHODS
We report a surgical case of a 77-year-old man who was admitted because of melena and exertional chest compression. GI endoscopy could not