Case Report

Cannabis use is a widely debated topic in current media, however there is still little known about the effects of long-term cannabis use in pediatric patients. In this nearly two-year-long case, we describe an adolescent male with multiple hospital admissions for complications associated with chronic daily use of highly concentrated

Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract are frequently encountered by gastroenterologists. This in- cludes ingestions as well as insertions via the rectum. However, ingestions/insertions of intact cellular phones are rare. We present a case series of small cellular telephones which were removed from the gastrointestinal tract. Two in separate

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is relatively useful for tumor thrombus of HCC. Still, certain infrequent side effects and complications, such as obstructive jaundice, may occur after TACE. Herein, we reported two cases of patients with acute obstructive jaundice complicated by excretion of necrotic bile duct tumor thrombus after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)….

Tuberculous peritonitis is an uncommon disease in countries with low tuberculosis (TB) inci- dence, most often affecting non-white race, foreign-born individuals. We describe a case of TB with peritoneal involvement in a 32-year-old man immigrated to Italy from Burkina Faso, who presented with a history of fever, malaise

A 56 -year- old woman was admitted to oncology department for treatment of pancreatic cancer. In addition to resectable pancreatic head tumor spreading to the pancreatic neck preoperative CT revealed the bifurcation of the Main Pancreatic Duct (MPD) at the level of body and tail (Figure 1). Whipple procedure with the pancreatic

Valentino’s syndrome is a rare entity that can mimic an acute appendicitis caused by the presence of a peptic ulcer which perforated appendicitis causes reactive drainage. Present a case 52- year-old male with clinical symptoms, radiographic and ultrasonographic data appendicitis, which is subjec- ted to laparotomy finding chemical periappendicitis attended by sliding FID turbid liquid …

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In this essay, we describe a technical protocol specifically developed to optimize the performance of barium swallows in patients with progressive dysphagia for solids only. We usually perform single-contrast, single-view, very high-density dynamic barium swallows in this kind of patients, in which a mechanical obstruction is highly likely

Dissecting esophagitis is a rare and benign form of chronic esophagitis, of diverse etiology, char- acterized by a typically whitish mucosa, with or without bleeding and presence of vertical circum- ferential fissures and cracks at endoscopy

We describe here the clinical history of a 74-year old man presenting with a gradually worsening pharyngeal dysphagia with globus, occasional intra-deglutitory coughing, hoarseness and a 5 kg weight loss in the previous two months. Apart from type II Diabetes Mellitus, the patient’s clinical history was unremarkable

We report two cases of Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (ACNES) suc- cessfully diagnosed using Doppler ultrasound. In both cases, patients complained of chron- ic abdominal pain, and physical examination showed a positive Carnett’s sign. Although the results of several examinations including endoscopy appeared normal, ultrasound exam- ination revealed