[Cholestatic syndrome in patients with systemic erythematous lupus--differential diagnostic aspects].

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystemic inflammatory disease with diverse clinical manifestations. Hepatic lesion is a rarely seen complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. We report a case of complication of lupus presented as cholestatic syndrome in a 41-year old woman with lupus in her medical history for the past seven years.

[Vascular gastric anomalies as a cause of relapsing bleeding].

Background: Although relatively rare, gastric vascular anomalies can be recognized as a source of both chronic and acute blood loss, most often presenting as long term iron deficiency anemia, rarely as severe acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

Case Report: We present five patients with various gastric vascular anomalies, diagnosed during the year of 2003. in the Clinical Hospital Center Zemun.

[Leiomyomas and massive digestive hemorrhages--case reports of patients diagnosed in 2004].

Introduction: During 2004, there were 6 patients with leiomyomas diagnosed and treated at the Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Pathology of the Zemun Clinical Center. The most common location of these benign submucosal tumors is stomach, followed by small intestine and large intestine.

Case Report: The most common symptoms of these patients were massive intestinal hemorrhage, with haematemesis and melaena.

[Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese persons with diabetes].

Background: Obesity, diabetes and different lipid metabolic disorders are the most frequent risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, presented with a high variability in clinical and histological findings.

Case Report: We presented a case of 37-year-old male, suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus, grade III obesity (BMI 45 kg/m2) and multiple metabolic disorders. Abdominal ultrasound revealed hepatomegaly during the last six months.

[Significance of Helicobacter pylori infection and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with bleeding from upper part of the gastrointestinal tract].

Background/aim: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use are considered to be the most important risk factors having influence on the onset of bleeding gastroduodenal lesions. Whether there is an interaction between H.

[Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with nodular antritis and follicular gastritis].

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is known to be the must common cause of chronic gastritis having some endoscopic and pathologic characteristies as determinated by the Sydney System for Gastritis Classification. The aim of our case report was to point out the relationship between an endoscopic finding of nodular antritis and the presence of H.

"Watermelon stomach" in patients on chronic hemodialysis.

"Watermelon stomach" is a common name for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE syndrome). This endoscopic finding is characterized by the appearance of parallel longitudinal red columns along mucosal folds, along with capillars dilatation and hemorrhagy. Finding reliable method for its recognition is of paramount importance.