Chronic follicular pancreatitis: a space occupying lesion with spontaneous resolution.

Follicular pancreatitis (FP) is an extremely odd entity characterized by the presence of a pseudotumor that histologically presents lymphoid aggregates and germinal centers. The authors present the case of a 67-year-old woman with epigastric pain and jaundice. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was performed, revealing a 14x15 mm hypoechoic area with irregular edges in the head of the pancreas.

Jejunal varix with a high transfusion requirement: therapy with cyanoacrylate with radiological control by double-balloon enteroscopy.

A jejunal varix with high transfusion requirement is treated by double-balloon enteroscopy with cyanoacrylate/ lipiodol with radiological control. The patient had not gastrointestinal hemorrhage or transfusion requeriment after 8 months follow up. Our recent previous article in Rev Esp Enferm Dig on advanced therapeutics by enteroscopy is referenced, providing this new therapeutic possibility.

Recurrent small-bowel bleeding from a Dieulafoy's lesion after combined endoscopic treatment.

Introduction: Dieulafoy's lesion of the small bowel is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that often recurs after endoscopic treatment.

Material And Methods: we report an observational, descriptive, retrospective, single-center study in 15 patients with small bowel bleeding who were diagnosed with a Dieulafoy's lesion by capsule endoscopy or double-balloon enteroscopy.

Results And Conclusions: all patients underwent combined endoscopic treatment.