Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol
January 2023
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) during pregnancy is rare and presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Aim: This case report focuses on a patient who presented with colorectal cancer during pregnancy.
Case Description: A 45-year-old female primigravid, pregnant woman, in the 20th week of gestation presented with complaints of multiple episodes of bloody diarrhea and tenesmus for the past 3 weeks.
Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol
January 2023
Introduction: A stoma is an artificial anastomosis of the gastrointestinal tract to the abdominal skin wall to reroute the stream of feces. Fecal diversion, bowel decompression, and anastomosis protection are common indications for stomas. Relative to other surgical operations, stomas have a high morbidity rate, with rates averaging 40% and ranging 14-79%.
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January 2023
Background: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Treatment involves immunosuppression, and surgical intervention is sometimes necessary for patients who do not respond to medical treatment. However, recurrence of the disease is a common complication after surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeterotopic pancreas (HP) is defined as pancreatic tissue which is an anatomically separate entity from the main pancreas and free from the organ's vascular or ductal continuity. Most cases of HP are asymptomatic and are diagnosed incidentally upon laparotomy or on autopsy. The diagnosis of HP can be extremely difficult.
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