Organ and function preservation in gastrointestinal cancer: Current and future perspectives on endoscopic ablation.

The escalating prevalence of gastrointestinal cancers underscores the urgency for transformative approaches. Current treatment costs amount to billions of dollars annually, combined with the risks and comorbidities associated with invasive surgery. This highlights the importance of less invasive alternatives with organ preservation being a central aspect of the treatment paradigm.

Appendiceal sarcoidosis presenting as acute appendicitis.

Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease. The stomach is the most commonly involved gastrointestinal organ. Symptomatic appendicular sarcoidosis is extremely rare.

Angry bowels breaking hearts: a case series.

Stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is transient left ventricular apical akinesis in the absence of angiographic evidence of corresponding obstructive coronary artery disease. A classic presentation is of chest pain following intense emotional or physical stress. Reports of stress-inducing triggers include acute respiratory failure, sudden death of a loved one, sympathomimetic drugs, pheochromocytoma crisis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and even earthquakes.

An unfortunate failure: multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic patient with chronic hepatitis C treated with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and is the third highest cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Risk factors include chronic liver disease and cirrhosis of various causes including chronic hepatitis B and C. In cases of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), HCC usually does not manifest unless the liver has become cirrhotic.

Why now? Delayed drug-induced pancreatitis due to dapsone for dermatitis herpetiformis.

Drug-induced pancreatitis can be caused by a wide array of medications. In fact, the diagnosis is likely commonly missed due to the difficulty in diagnosing one agent as the sole cause. We present a case of dapsone-induced pancreatitis in a 75-year-old male with history of celiac disease.