Case Report

1. Abstract 1.1. Background: Fecal calprotectin (FC) is increased in gastrointestinal inflammation due to increased permeability of the gastrointestinal mucosa. It could be used to differentiate between different gastrointestinal disorders. 1.2. Purpose: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between fecal calprotectin and different pediatric gastrointestinal diseases and to investigate if …

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1. Abstract Melanoma is the most common metastatic tumor of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and its diagnosis is rare during life since its symptoms are non-specific. The endoscopic gastric metastases appearance is heterogenous with no typical pattern. We report a patient who presented three different morphologies of metastatic gastric melanoma although the patient remained asymptomatic. …

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1. Abstract Sulfasalazine is an immunomodulatory drug used in the treatment of various dysimmune diseases including the intestinal bowel disease. Sulfasalazine is known to cause sulfasalazine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (SIHS), also known as drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS).

1. Introduction Crohn’s disease extraintestinal manifestations have been well described in the literature and in many cases may precede the diagnosis of the disease. However, the findings of an inflammatory pseudotumor, at different organs of the body, is rare especially those presenting in the peripancreatic (such as ampulla of Vater) and pancreatic area, and obstructing …

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1. Abstract A 64-year-old male patient diagnosed with locally advanced esophageal cancer complicated by tracheo-esophageal fistula. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), contrasted CT and PET-CT showed mid esophageal lesion. Bronchial fibroscopy (BFS) revealed protruding nodular mass invasion from esophagus at the distal trachea and fistula.

1. Abstract Wilson’s disease is an autosomal recessive disease causing progressive copper overload. It is an initially hepatic affection which can evolve towards a multi-systemic attack with an accumulation of copper in the brain, the eye, the kidney, the heart.

1. Abstract Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a benign uncommon variant of chronic cholecystitis. Perioperative findings may lead to confusion with gallbladder cancer, as the inflammation frequently extends to adjacent organs. In this report, we present a 50-year-old woman with a 2- years history of chronic abdominal pain and imaging suggestive of gallbladder carcinoma. The pathological …

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1. Abstract A 48-year-old man with HBV-related cirrhosis was found to have three small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) in segment 5, 6 and 8 with a clinical stage of T2N0M0/BCLC stage A. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.47829/JJGH.2021.7601

1. Abstract Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) or Rendu–Osler–Weber disease is a rare autosomal dominant multisystem disease characterized by angiodysplastic lesions involving the skin, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, brain and liver.

1. Abstract The aim of the present article was to demonstrate the clinical case of a quite rare combination of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver alveolar echinococcosis. The literature review showed that the combination of these nosological forms of the liver damage was extremely rare. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.47829/JJGH.2021.7401