Key Clinical Message: When a person has both HS and beta-thalassemia, their clinical symptoms tend to be less severe. This is because these two conditions have contrasting features. If the clinical symptoms and laboratory results cannot be solely attributed to hemolytic anemia, it is important to consider the possibility of another form of hemolytic anemia coexisting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Clinical Message: Amyand's hernia is an uncommon kind of inguinal hernia in which the appendix becomes entrapped within the hernia sac. In patients with an inflamed or perforated appendix, mesh repair is not recommended for hernia repair.
Abstract: Amyand's hernia is an uncommon kind of inguinal hernia in which the appendix becomes entrapped within the hernia sac.
Caspian J Intern Med
January 2022
Background: Postoperative hematoma and seroma, foreign body reaction, infection, mesh rejection, and fistula formation are the complications associated with the use of surgical mesh. Mesh migration is a rare but serious and challenging complication after hernia repair. When this happens, infection, abscess, fistula, and bowel obstruction are the most common sequelae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJejunal Dieulafoy's lesion is difficult to diagnose due to its rarity, intermittent hemorrhage, and lesion site, which is largely inaccessible to conventional endoscopes. A 39-year-old man, who had no underlying disease, presented to the emergency department (ED) with weakness, dizziness, and dry cough with a history of several rectal bleeding episodes in the last few years. Endoscopy was normal, and the colon was full of clots on colonoscopy, and no gross pathology was found.
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