Monthly Archives: December 2015

Question: A 55-year-old Egyptian woman with a history of migraine, B-cell lymphoma (in remission), and depression was admitted with diffuse abdominal pain after 2 presentations to the emergency department within 1 week with similar complaints. She deni… Continue reading →

Question: A 55-year-old Egyptian woman with a history of migraine, B-cell lymphoma (in remission), and depression was admitted with diffuse abdominal pain after 2 presentations to the emergency department within 1 week with similar complaints. She deni… Continue reading →

Question: An 84-year-old woman with a history of dementia and gastroesophageal reflux disease presented to the emergency department with several hours of worsening chest and epigastric pain associated with nausea and vomiting. Upon arrival she was hype… Continue reading →

Question: An 84-year-old woman with a history of dementia and gastroesophageal reflux disease presented to the emergency department with several hours of worsening chest and epigastric pain associated with nausea and vomiting. Upon arrival she was hype… Continue reading →

Question: An asymptomatic 66-year-old Japanese man underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy for screening purposes. The patient had been undergoing hemodialysis for >30 years and had been diagnosed with dialysis-related amyloidosis of the tongue 8 years previously (Figure A). He had been taking lanthanum carbonate, an orally administered phosphate binder, for 5 years, in addition to taking rabeprazole, sarpogrelate, carvedilol, calcitriol, celecoxib, D-sorbitol, brotizolam, and warfarin. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed slightly granular, white mucosa in the gastric body (Figure B, C). Continue reading →

Question: An asymptomatic 66-year-old Japanese man underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy for screening purposes. The patient had been undergoing hemodialysis for >30 years and had been diagnosed with dialysis-related amyloidosis of the tongue 8 years previously (Figure A). He had been taking lanthanum carbonate, an orally administered phosphate binder, for 5 years, in addition to taking rabeprazole, sarpogrelate, carvedilol, calcitriol, celecoxib, D-sorbitol, brotizolam, and warfarin. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed slightly granular, white mucosa in the gastric body (Figure B, C). Continue reading →

Question: A 20-year-old man was referred for increasing abdominal girth. Three years previously, he developed voluminous milky diarrhea and was diagnosed with protein-losing enteropathy. His diarrhea subsequently resolved, but he then developed abdomin… Continue reading →

Question: A 20-year-old man was referred for increasing abdominal girth. Three years previously, he developed voluminous milky diarrhea and was diagnosed with protein-losing enteropathy. His diarrhea subsequently resolved, but he then developed abdomin… Continue reading →

Considering that most textbooks are outdated by the time of publication and the wealth of information available online, creating a new textbook would seem to be a risky venture. The Atlas of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, however, has a subject matter wit… Continue reading →

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is considered to be among the most common causes for enterically transmitted acute hepatitis in developing countries. In developed countries, sporadic HEV infection is associated with exposure to domestic animals or co… Continue reading →