Endoscopic stenting is useful for amelioration of gastrointestinal stenosis. This procedure benefits severely compromised patients who cannot afford surgery. Although the self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) is safe, it is also associated with several complications such as perforation, migration, and fracture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA sixty-year-old man was admitted with anorexia and abdominal mass. Colonoscopy revealed type 2 tumor at sigmoid colon. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated multiple liver metastases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA congenital midline cervical cleft (CMCC) is a rare developmental anomaly. It may represent failure of the branchial arches to fuse in the midline and presents at birth with a ventral midline defect of the skin of the neck. Congenital heart disease along with CMCC is rarer, and most of the cases reported are associated with chest wall defects or thoracic ectopia cordis.
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