Daily Archives: June 30, 2017

We thank Dr Zhang for his interest in our paper.1 We disagree, however, with the points raised. Before giving a point-to-point comment to his statements, we would like to emphasize that—as stated on page 981 of the publication—our work was a proo… Continue reading →

Question: A 55-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to the hospital with recurrent melena and hematochezia. Her past medical history was significant for a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the head of the pancreas for which she had undergone… Continue reading →

Question: A 32-year-old man with a 2-year history of pain localized to the right upper quadrant was referred to our clinic for evaluation. Pain was reported as dull and constant that was exacerbated by eating. He also reported occasional nausea and vom… Continue reading →

As principal investigators of an ongoing randomized study evaluating different ablation regimens for the Barrx 360 express RFA balloon catheter (360 Express; GI solutions Covidien/Medtronic, Sunnyvale, CA), we feel the responsibility to communicate our… Continue reading →

Question: A 47-year-old man was referred to our institution for detailed examination of gastric tumor. One year previously, the patient was diagnosed as having a submucosal tumor in the upper gastric corpus by screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (… Continue reading →

Question: A 54-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 1-month history of intermittent tarry to bloody stool. His medical history included hepatitis B–related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). His hepatoma was diagnosed 1 y… Continue reading →

Question: A 45-year-old man presented with intermittent abdominal pain, dark urine, and constipation for 6 months. Laboratory tests of the initial episode showed total bilirubin 109.9 μmol/L (reference range, 3.4-20.5), alanine aminotransferase 3500 U… Continue reading →