Background: There is scarce evidence on the effectiveness and safety of recommended-dose direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in obese patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Material And Methods: We used the data in the RIETE registry to compare the rates of VTE recurrences and major bleeding during long-term therapy with DOACs at recommended doses in patients with body mass index ≥30 kg/m (obese) vs. those with BMI 18.
Primary pancreatic tuberculosis (PPTB) is an extremely rare entity defined by an isolated pancreatic lesion with microbiological confirmation, in the absence of previously identified tuberculosis (TB) and involvement of any other organ. We report the case of a 47-year-old man referred for abdominal pain and weight loss, in whom several imaging techniques revealed a solid mass in the head of the pancreas. CT-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology was consistent with necrotic granuloma.
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