Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by the tapeworm. Classically, Echinococcal lesions are slowly growing cystic masses with daughter cysts. The most common sites of disease are the liver in 75% of cases and lungs in 15% of cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbdominal pain is a very common presentation in the emergency department (ED). The pain is often well-characterized and leads to the diagnosis, but often, the presentation is vague and nonspecific. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection is a rare cause of abdominal pain that presents with nonspecific epigastric pain and is common in males, middle age, and patients of Asian descent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRestarting anticoagulation is a tricky component of patient care. This is a case of a 65-year-old female presenting with hepatocellular carcinoma. A nonocclusive thrombus in the main portal vein was also identified.
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