Jejunum cavernous haemangioma - A rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.

We report a case of a 69-year-old male patient with gastrointestinal bleeding manifesting with melaena. Upper and lower endoscopy were negative for the bleeding aetiology. On small bowel capsule endoscopy, several violaceous lesions in the proximal jejunum were identified.

Ovarian Leydig Cell Tumor: Cause of Virilization in a Postmenopausal Woman.

BACKGROUND Only 0.5% of all ovarian tumors are Leydig cell tumors and they are generally benign and unilateral. These androgen-secreting tumors lead to virilizing symptoms, most often in postmenopausal women.

Severe intrahepatic cholestasis, erythrocytosis and hypoglycemia: unusual presenting features of systemic AL amyloidosis.

We report the case of a 68-year-old African woman who presented with jaundice, hepatomegaly and anasarca. Clinical investigation disclosed severe intrahepatic cholestasis, nephrotic syndrome, erythrocytosis and hypoglycemia. Diagnosis of systemic AL amyloidosis was established by percutaneous liver biopsy.

[Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma].

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a rare and histologically benign tumor. It is the most common valvular tumor and preferentially is found in the aortic valve (44% of the cases). They are typically smaller than 1 cm in diameter, and are characterized by having a fibrous core with elastic fibers, connective tissue and an endothelial lining.