Bacteremia: A Rare Complication After Esophagogastroduodenoscopy for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

bacteremia is rarely encountered in clinical practice. When it is, patients usually have underlying periodontal disease or colorectal carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of bacteremia in a patient without the predisposing risk factors listed above.

Diagnosis and Management of Lemmel Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation and Literature Review.

Lemmel syndrome is a rare clinical entity characterized by the presence of a periampullary duodenal diverticulum resulting in compression and dilatation of the pancreatic and common bile ducts, accompanied by obstructive jaundice. Gastric outlet obstruction is not a known complication of this syndrome, and there are no standardized approaches to its treatment. We present the first case of Lemmel syndrome presenting as gastric outlet obstruction and provide the results of a systematic literature review.