Unusual negative side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the proximal colon.

Two cases of uncommon side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are presented which show that in special cases NSAID lesions can be located predominantly in the proximal colon, that NSAID-caused lesions may present themselves as diaphragm-like strictures and that alterations by NSAID in this part of the bowel may bring enormous problems for the differential diagnosis.

[Metastatic small intestine carcinoma--delayed diagnosis due to misinterpretation of diagnostic imaging and symptom confusion due to Bechterew disease and duodenal ulcer].

Misinterpretations of sonographic and computed tomography scans and reduced sensitivity to pain of a patient suffering from Bechterew's disease and duodenal ulcer caused delayed diagnosis of metastasized carcinoma of the small intestine.

[Success and complication rates of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography--a prospective study].

The aim of the prospective study was to evaluated the efficacy and the complications of 2,820 ERCP-examinations in 1,717 consecutive patients (performed over a three-year period). The rate of success was 82.8% for diagnostic ERCP, 96.