Intestinal amyloidosis: a diagnostic challenge.

Amyloidosis is a disease caused by extracellular deposition of abnormally folded proteins. While gastrointestinal involvement is relatively frequent in its systemic form, isolated gastrointestinal disease is rare. We present the case of a 62-year-old man assessed for iron deficiency anemia and abdominal pain after starting antiplatelet therapy with acetylsalicylic acid and ticagrelor for ischemic heart disease.

Intermittent endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration for the diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions. A pilot study.

Background And Purpose: endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is the method of choice for sampling pancreatic solid lesions. However, there is significant heterogeneity in terms of the technique used. Intermittent aspiration has not been evaluated in pancreatic solid lesions and could improve the diagnostic performance.

Poor Sensitivity of Fecal Gluten Immunogenic Peptides and Serum Antibodies to Detect Duodenal Mucosal Damage in Celiac Disease Monitoring.

A lifelong gluten-free diet (GFD) is the only current treatment for celiac disease (CD), but strict compliance is complicated. Duodenal biopsies are the "gold standard" method for diagnosing CD, but they are not generally recommended for disease monitoring. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of fecal gluten immunogenic peptides (GIPs) to detect duodenal lesions in CD patients on a GFD and compared them with serum anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies.

Infratentorial angioleiomyoma: case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Intracranial angioleiomyomas are extremely rare lesions. Only 22 intracranial angioleiomyomas have been described in the literature and only three were infratentorial.

Case Report: We report a case of an infratentorial angioleiomyoma in a 43 year-old-man, who underwent a brain computer tomography because of hearing loss.