Spontaneous Isolated Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection With Thrombosis: A Case Report of a Rare Presentation of Acute Abdominal Pain.

Spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection is a very rare vascular disease that involves the superior mesenteric artery or its branches, with an incidence as low as 0.08%. The majority of cases occur in patients of Asian descent.

Post-COVID-19 Cholangiopathy: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: Post-COVID-19 cholangiopathy (PCC) is a rare but poorly understood and serious complication of COVID-19 infection. We sought to better understand the epidemiology, mechanism of action, histology, imaging findings, and outcomes of PCC.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science from December 2019 to December 2021.

Mirizzi-Induced Bouveret's Syndrome: Revelations of Timely Surgical Intervention.

Bouveret's syndrome is an unusual clinical presentation of gastric-outlet obstruction and is the most infrequent variant of gallstone ileus with just over 300 cases in the literature. A 73-year-old female presented with innocuous constitutional symptoms and was found to have Mirizzi type Vb, a cholecystoduodenal fistula with obstruction. Esophago-gastroduodenoscopy-attempted dislodgement was unsuccessful.