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Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Background: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) plays a crucial role in diagnosis of gastrointestinal pathology. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the indications and findings UGIE, while exploring their regional distribution and temporal trend across Africa.
Methods: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of pooled prevalence for various indications and endoscopic findings were analyzed from multiple studies in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.
[Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis-An underestimated cause of acute neck pain].
HNO
March 2025
Klinik für Neurologie, Diako Mannheim, Speyerer Str. 91-93, 68163, Mannheim, Deutschland.
Background: Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is an aseptic inflammation of the longus cervicis muscle. This rare acute pain disorder of the neck region is a prognostically benign condition compared to neurological or otorhinolaryngological differential diagnoses.
Objective: To capture the clinical appearance, diagnostics, treatment and course of this rare disease.
Non-Traumatic Thyroid Cartilage Fracture from Sudden Neck Motion: Clinical Insights.
Am J Case Rep
March 2025
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
BACKGROUND The thyroid cartilage is the most prominent laryngeal cartilage located beneath the hyoid bone. Non-traumatic fractures of the larynx, including the thyroid cartilage, are rare and can occur when the glottis is closed and intrathoracic pressure suddenly increases. This report describes the case of a 42-year-old man presenting with hoarseness and pain when swallowing and a diagnosis of non-traumatic thyroid cartilage fracture following sudden neck movement, highlighting the importance of recognizing atypical mechanisms of laryngeal injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSquamous cell carcinoma of a colon transplant 29 years after restorative esophagoplasty for caustic ingestion.
Int J Surg Case Rep
March 2025
Mohamed VI University of Sciences and Health; International University Hospital Mohamed VI, Bouskoura, Morocco. Electronic address:
Introduction: We aim to report a case of squamous cell carcinoma 29 years following restorative colonic transplant in esophagoplasty for caustic ingestion and to emphasize the importance of long-term follow-up.
Presentation Of Case: We report a case of a 59-yo patient with malignant degeneration of colon transplant squamous cell 29 years following restorative esophagoplasty for caustic ingestion. He reported symptoms of progressively worsening dysphagia, odynophagia, and left cervical mass with fistula.
Not the Yeast of Our Worries: A Case of Amphetamine-Induced Esophagitis.
J Brown Hosp Med
July 2024
Medicine University of California, Los Angeles.
A 68-year-old male with active amphetamine use presented to the hospital with acute emesis, odynophagia, and mid-sternal chest pain. Imaging was initially concerning for esophageal perforation. After full evaluation including barium esophagram and serial computed tomography (CT) of the chest, no esophageal perforation was confirmed.
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