Ileocecal collision tumor compo ...
Collision tumor means that two kinds of histologically distinct tumors coexist and neighbor without histological interminglement. This report descri ...
Middle-preserving pancreatectom ...
A 73-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of advanced transverse colon cancer with severe anemia and body weight loss. Preo ...
Secondary resistance to imatini ...
It is unknown how long the risk of developing secondary resistance to imatinib persists in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). He ...
Intrahepatic cholangiocellular ...
A 67-year-old male patient presenting with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) achieved a sustained virological response (SVR) following 6 months of treatment ...
A case of takotsubo cardiomyopa ...
We describe a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy in a 66-year-old woman. Ten minutes ...
Gastric cancer following total ...
Here we report a case of advanced gastric cancer seen after total proctocolectomy for an early colon cancer associated with ulcerative colitis (UC). ...
A case of liver cirrhosis due t ...
A 73-year-old man with liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus infection was admitted to our hospital because of massive bleeding from external var ...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors ...
Here, we report four cases of duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). In three patients, endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle asp ...
Severe hypoglycemia associated ...
Hypoglycemia caused by insulin-like growth factor II is difficult to control. A 77-year-old woman was diagnosed with gastric cancer and multiple liv ...
Paget’s disease of bone resembl ...
A 74-year-old man had an endoscopic type 00-IIc tumor in the upper gastric body on the greater curvature and biopsy showed the tumor to be a well-di ...
Diagnosis of gastric antral vas ...
The endoscopic appearance of gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) can be easily misinterpreted as inflammatory changes of gastric mucosa. We repor ...
Fatal interstitial pneumonia as ...
Oxaliplatin in combination with 5-fluorouuacil and leucovorin (FOLFOX) is one of the most commonly used first-line chemotherapies for patients with ...
A case of complete resolution o ...
Colonic diverticulosis is now a common global disease, but the treatment has conventionally been directed towards its associated complications, such ...
A case of eosinophilic esophagi ...
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a rare chronic disease that mainly occurs in middle-aged males. Treatment with a glucocorticoid and/or proton pump inhib ...
Successful treatment of ulcerat ...
Ulcerative colitis is occasionally complicated by dermatological disorders presenting as extra-intestinal manifestations, including erythema nodosum ...
Granulocyte-colony-stimulating ...
We report a case of granulocyte-colonystimulating factor (G-CSF)-producing gastric metastasis from large cell type lung cancer. A 73-year-old man pr ...
Lethal nature of ischemic gastr ...
Celiomesenteric ischemia has an insidious onset and the non-specific symptoms are often misdiagnosed as cholecystitis or peptic ulcer disease with a ...
A rare case of Barrett’s adenoc ...
We present a rare case of Barrett’s cancer with a particular histology composed of various differentiated adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carc ...
Peritoneal amyloidosis: unusual ...
Amyloidosis is a rare disease that results from the extracellular deposition of amorphous fibrillar protein. It is usually observed in a systemic fo ...
Portal vein thrombosis associat ...
We report the case of a 52-year-old male who was admitted for sudden abdominal pain and hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed erosion and edema in the mu ...
Proton pump inhibitors: use, mi ...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used in acid-related disorders of the stomach and oesophagus. Treatment with PPIs is usually extended indef ...
Sigmoid colon carcinoma that de ...
We report a case of sigmoid colon carcinoma that developed from a sessile-type cancer in a short period of time. An 83-year-old man was found to hav ...
Chemoprevention against hepatoc ...
Since the majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises from a background of chronic liver diseases caused by infection with hepatitis C virus ( ...
A review of the reported cases ...
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a clinical syndrome in which the clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction appear without mechanical obstruction ...
Nephrologist care for 12 months ...
Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of early referral (ER) to nephrologists on the type of vascular access (VA) availa ...