Healing of solitary rectal ulcers with multiple sessions of argon plasma coagulation.

Background: Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is an uncommon disorder of evacuation. Management of bleeding ulcers is usually unsatisfactory with conventional treatment. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been reported to control bleeding; however, it has not been shown to result in ulcer healing.

High pharyngoesophageal strictures after laryngopharyngectomy can also be treated by self-expandable plastic stents.

Background: Permanent dysphagia occurring after laryngectomy or laryngopharyngectomy can usually be treated by periodic dilation. Occasionally, however, conservative treatment is insufficient, and patients require long-term tube feeding. We describe 4 cases with stricture after laryngopharyngectomy who underwent insertion of self-expandable plastic stents (SEPSs) across the stricture for treatment of dysphagia.

Healing of a bleeding solitary rectal ulcer with multiple sessions of argon plasma.

Background: Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is an uncommon disorder of evacuation. Management of bleeding ulcers is usually unsatisfactory with conventional treatments. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been reported in case reports to control bleeding; however, it has not been shown to result in ulcer healing.

Duodenal mucosal nodularity in Strongyloides stercoralis infection.

A 22-year-old man presented with a two-year history of colicky upper abdominal and dyspnoea. His absolute eosinophil count (AEC) was 980/mm3. Chest x-ray revealed hilar prominence.

Severe acute pancreatitis with pseudocyst bleeding due to hepatitis E virus infection.

Coincidence of acute pancreatitis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is rare. We report a case of severe acute pancreatitis in the course of acute hepatitis E in a 35-year-old man who presented with jaundice for 1 week. Serum was positive for IgM anti-HEV and negative for hepatitis A, B and C viruses.