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Necrotizing esophagitis associated with severe pulmonary disease. Report of two cases.
 | Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) - also known as black esophagus - is a rare disorder associated with high mortality. We present two cases with the history of chronic lung disease presenting with severe esophageal disorder, showing typical signs of (esophagitis and) esophageal necrosis during upper endoscopy. Please log in to read more... |
Crohn’s disease with serious esophageal, ileal and colonic involvement
 | "A 30-year-old female patient was diagnosed with anal fissure and was treated for diarrhea. She was admitted due to progressively worsening diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and fever. The laboratory tests revealed…" Please log in to read more... |
Virus esophagitis
 | Virus esophagitis is rare. This clinical presentation is characterized by odynophagia and a burning retrosternal sensation that may be mistaken for heartburn. Read about a young man with a Herpes Simplex typ 1 esophagitis. Please log in to read more... |
Endoscopic polypectomy of a rare gastric polyp (Vanek’s tumor) causing intermittent pyloric obstruction
 | A case of a rare gastric polyp causing intermittent pyloric obstruction is presented. The uniqueness of this case, beyond the rare histologic finding, is the removal followed by severe arterial bleeding. A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our department for evaluation of moderate iron-deficiency anemia and recurrent nausea, vomiting, mild epigastrial and right subcostal pain. Her family history was positive (father suffered from gastric cancer). In her past medical history hypertension, cholelithiasis and hysterectomy (due to myoma) with ovariectomy were present. Please log in to read more... |
Patient cases
Here follows a very brief selection of the other cases available (additional cases planned):
* Rectal bleeding from lymphoid polyp in a child
* Collagenous gastroenteritis
* Unusual duodenal incidentaloma - Inverted Cystic Gastric Metaplasia
* A case of oesophageal Crohn's disease
* Unusual presentation of Gastric Varices
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