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Diffuse Hepatic Calcification Following Ischemic Insult in the Setting of Impaired Renal Function
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page A24)
A 25-year-old man who had undergone liver transplantation 21 years earlier for fulminant hepatitis was admitted to the hospital for elective kidney transplantation for renal failure secondary to calci...
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Ali Raza,
Kashif Ahmed,
Richard P. Rood
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Short communication
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A24-A24
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Liver Invasion of the Duodenum Due to Hepatocellular Carcinoma
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page A25)
A 68-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presented with upper-gastrointestinal bleeding for the fifth time in 7 months and new-onset severe nausea and vomiting. Over the past year, the pa...
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Bryan G. Sauer,
Simone M. Dustin,
Stephen H. Caldwell
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Short communication
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A25-A25
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Kayexalate-Induced Esophageal Ulcer in a Patient With Gastroparesis
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page A28)
A 53-year-old man presented with an episode of coffee-ground emesis. He had undergone bilateral lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 1 month before admission. On presentation, his vi...
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Emmanuel C. Gorospe,
Jason T. Lewis,
David H. Bruining
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Short communication
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A28-A28
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Isolated Jejunal Varices: A Cause of Occult Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in a Cirrhotic Patient With Mild Portal Hypertension
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page A32)
A 60-year-old woman with hepatitis C cirrhosis and a history of lymphoma was admitted to our medical center because of recurrent melena. Although hemodynamically stable, she required frequent blood tr...
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Noam Shussman,
Gadi Lalazar,
Allan I. Bloom
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Short communication
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A32-A32
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Hepatic Artery Compression of the Common Hepatic Duct: Direct Visualization by Single-Operator Peroral Cholangioscopy
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page e45)
A 54-year-old man presented with right upper-quadrant abdominal pain, jaundice, and pruritis. His initial total bilirubin level was 5.8 mg/dL, aspartate aminotransferase level was 186 U/L, alanine ami...
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Daniel Eshtiaghpour,
Viktor E. Eysselein,
Sofiya Reicher
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Short communication
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e45-e45
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Solitary Liver Mass in a Patient With Hepatitis C
May 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Page e46)
A 64-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) presented with shortness of breath, 1 month of severe right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and a 10-pound w...
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Nora E. Renthal,
Judy Peih Ying Tsai,
Dennis K. Burns
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Short communication
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e46-e46
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Spontaneous Submucosal Esophageal Hematoma: A Cause of Severe Thoracic Back Pain
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Page A23)
A 71-year-old female presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of severe intrascapular back pain. This pain was associated with an episode of dry retching followed by a small volume of b...
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John Samuel Lubel,
Puneet Mahindra
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Short communication
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A23-A23
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A Case of Turtleback Liver
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Page A24)
A 53-year-old woman with a medical history significant for hyperlipidemia was referred for evaluation of elevated transaminase levels and peripheral eosinophilia. She had an aspartate aminotransferase...
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Franklin W. Goldwire,
Michael Asike,
William E. Norris
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Short communication
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A24-A24
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Hemosuccus Pancreaticus Diagnosed With Concurrent Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography and Selective Angiography
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Page A28)
A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a principal complaint of massive hematemesis without abdominal pain. He had complained of recurrent episodes of melena with severe anemia about twic...
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Takeshi Setoyama,
Shin'ichi Miyamoto,
Katsuyuki Fukuda
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Short communication
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A28-A28
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Endoscopic Examination of the Stomach in Situs Inversus
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Page e33)
A 56-year-old male was referred for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy because of chronic heartburn, regurgitation, and epigastric abdominal pain. His past medical history was significant for chronic obstr...
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Klaus Mönkemüller,
Lars Zimmermann,
Lucía C. Fry
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Short communication
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e33-e33
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Metachronous Multiple Clinical Presentations in a Patient With Immunoglobulin G4–Related Sclerosing Disease
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Pages e34-e35)
A 68-year-old man suffered from general malaise and dark-colored urine for weeks. Physical examination showed icteric sclera. Laboratory investigations revealed hyperbilirubinemia (total bilirubin, 12...
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Wen–Chih Huang,
Cheng–Hsiang Hsiao,
Min–Hsiang Chang
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Short communication
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e34-e35
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Endoscopic Ultrasonography–Guided Core Biopsy Diagnosis of Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Pages e36-e37)
A 75-year-old nonhypertensive, nondiabetic woman presented with dull, aching left lumbar pain in abdomen, anorexia, and significant weight loss. Transabdominal ultrasound showed a large, ill-defined h...
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Rakesh Kalapala,
Sundeep Lakhtakia,
D. Nageshwar Reddy
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Short communication
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e36-e37
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Spontaneous Intramural Hematoma of Colon
April 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 4 | Page e38)
A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain and distention. The pain usually started after a meal. One month before admission, he underwent coronary angiography and stent ...
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Yahui Liu,
Sirui Yang,
Qian Tong
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Short communication
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e38-e38
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Cerebral Air Embolism: A Complication of a Bleeding Atrioesophageal Fistula
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Page A22)
We describe a case of a 69-year-old white male with extensive comorbidities, including coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation, who was using coumadin and heparin for a recently diagnosed left...
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Priyanka Kanth,
John Fang
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Short communication
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A22-A22
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Cat Scratch Colon
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Page A24)
An 87-year-old male was referred for colonoscopy because of rectal bleeding. He had a history of coronary revascularization surgery and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Colonoscopy was performed...
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Ignacio Couto Wörner,
Ana Arévalo Gómez,
Pedro Antonio Alonso Aguirre
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Short communication
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A24-A24
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Honeycomb Appearance of the Liver in Wilson's Disease
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Page A25)
We report the case of a 10-year-old girl referred with jaundice. Laboratory data revealed high levels of total bilirubin (14.6 mg/dL) and direct bilirubin (8.7 mg/dL); liver dysfunction (aspartate ami...
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Yuko Tokuhisa,
Masaki Shimizu,
Akihiro Yachie
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Short communication
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A25-A25
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Treatment of Primary Isolated Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Esophagus With Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Pages e21-e22)
An 80-year-old-woman presented to the gastroenterology department with 2-month upper abdominal discomfort and intermittent epigastralgia and without symptoms such as dysphagia, burning pain, and acidi...
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Yingqun Zhou,
Xuanfu Xu,
Ling Xu,
Yaping Xu,
Jie Lu,
Dong Wu,
Xingpeng Wang,
Chuanyong Guo
et al.
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Short communication
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e21-e22
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Synchronous Facing Submucosal Tumors of the Duodenum in Neurofibromatosis Type 1
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Pages e23-e24)
A 58-year-old woman, who presented with no specific abdominal symptoms, noticed bloody stools and came to the emergency room. At presentation, she was anemic with a markedly low hemoglobin level (5.3 ...
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Nobumi Suzuki,
Junichi Shindoh
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Short communication
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e23-e24
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Colonic Mantle Cell Lymphoma
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Pages e25-e26)
A 93-year-old vital and mentally adequate woman was referred for colonoscopy by a general practitioner because of chronic abdominal complaints, weight loss, and anemia (hemoglobin concentration, 5.9 m...
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Mariëlle W.E. Bouwens,
Ad A.M. Masclee,
Silvia Sanduleanu
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Short communication
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e25-e26
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Unenhanced Computed Tomography to Identify Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Limy Bile
March 2012 (Vol. 10 | No. 3 | Pages e27-e28)
A 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of right upper abdominal quadrant pain and fever. She had a background of appendicular carcinoid tumor with synchronous ...
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Evelyne Peroux,
Yann Geffroy,
Julien Potet
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Short communication
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e27-e28
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