Urinary dysfunction following treatment for rectal adenocarcinoma is a common and complex complication. We present a case of a 69-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic-assisted left hemicolectomy and loop ileostomy after receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma. Postoperatively, it was incidentally discovered the patient had urinary frequency and urgency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiverticular bleeding is the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding and accounts for 20.8%-41.6% of cases in the Western world.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric carcinoma is the fifth most common and the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The incidence of diffuse-type gastric cancer, of which signet ring cell carcinoma is a subtype, is rising in the world. Due to non-specific gastritis-like symptoms, difficulty in assessing true tumor characteristics owing to its horizontal spread, and non-distinguishable endoscopic appearance from other gastric pathologies, the diagnosis of this subtype is challenging.
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