Issue 7 Articles

Proximal Esophageal Anchored Stent: A Successful Endoscopic Approach in A “Troublesome” Location

1. Case Report A 71-year-old woman was admitted for the surgical treatment of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma of the right upper lobe. During anesthesia induction, a left Robertshaw endotracheal tube (ETT) was inadvertently placed in the esophagus. After successful bronchoscopic ETT repositioning, the patient underwent an uneventful VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) right upper lobectomy and lymphadenectomy. …

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Immune Profile of Severe Refractory Crohn’s Disease Patients Candidates to Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

1. Abstract Crohn’s disease is a chronic relapse – remitting inflammatory bowel disease with a wide range of incapacitating symptoms, and significant health care costs. The complex pathophysiology of Crohn’s disease is not always solved by conventional and biologic therapies and thus, some patients evolve with severe refractory disease. T and B cells reacting to …

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Synchronous Colitis Induced by Hot Water Enema-An Easily Missed Etiology for Colitis in Modern Days

1. Abstract 1.1. Background: Colitis caused by hot water was not seen frequently in the past, however, in recent times it is increasingly seen in the clinic. Colitis caused by hot water might be associated with complications such as rectal burn, permanent rectal stricture and bowel perforation, and even death [1]. 1.2. Aims: Colitis caused …

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Assessment of Muscle and Fat Mass in Type 2 Diabetes Patients By Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

1. Abstract 1.1. Background: The aim of this study was to assess the quantitative composition of muscle and adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients on the basis of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the diagnosis of obesity and sarcopenia. 1.2. Methods: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was administered to 50 patients with T2DM. Evaluation of …

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Pneumobilia

1. Clinical Image A 71-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a seven-day history of intermittent fever, middle and right upper abdominal pain, and general malaise. The physical examination of the abdomen was normal. Ten years ago he underwent open cholecystectomy and stone removal from common bile duct by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). At …

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