51 research outputs found
Ileal metastasis from thoracic melanoma disclosed by video capsule endoscopy: an unusual but not extraordinary source of obscure bleeding
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Effectiveness and pharmaceutical cost of sequential treatment for Helicobacter pylori in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia
Argon plasma coagulation of hemorrhagic solitary rectal ulcer syndrome.
Solitary ulcer syndrome (SUS) is a rare disorder that may provoke hematochezia. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is used in a wide range of gastrointestinal bleeding. We experienced APC in a patient with a bleeding gigantic SUS: a 64-year-old woman who developed a SUS at 60. After 3 years, recurrent hematochezia, secondary anemia, and rectal pain occurred. Endoscopy revealed a large rectal bleeding ulcer. Moreover, the pain led the patient to assume analgesics. These conditions stimulated us to treat this ulcer with APC within 4 sessions; each session spaced out at 30-day intervals. The patient experienced and maintained the following benefits: (1) resolution of bleeding and secondary anemia after the first session, (2) reduction of ulcer depth, disappearance of pain and analgesic withdrawal at the end of the cycle, (3) almost complete endoscopic healing of the ulcer after 9 months of follow-up. This experience suggests that APC may represent a therapeutic approach for bleeding SUS even if controlled studies are necessary before recommending it as acceptable treatmen
Effectiveness and pharmaceutical cost of sequential treatment for Helicobacter pylori in non-ulcer-dyspepsia patients.
Magnetic resonance imaging of kidney cysts: Volumetric assessment in patients affected by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type I in treatment with rapamycin
Liver damage onset after a single infliximab administration in a patient with refractory ulcerative colitis
Onset of liver damage after a single administration of infliximab in a patient with refractory ulcerative colitis.
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