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Dig Dis Sci
March 2025
Senior Department of Gastroenterology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi
March 2025
Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital.
A 30-year-old female patient had an 8-cm retroperitoneal mass that was incidentally discovered during an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan performed for diagnosing ischemic colitis, resulting in her referral to our hospital. A CT-guided needle biopsy was performed with a 20G needle, but the results were inconclusive. A 14G needle was used after weighing the benefits and harms, resulting in the diagnosis of a hyaline-vascular variant of Castleman disease.
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October 2024
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Mount Lebanon Hospital, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon.
Colonic obstruction is reported in 85% of emergency colorectal surgery for cancer. Colonic ischemia, however, is a rare entity and is found in 5% of these emergency cases. We herein present the case of a 72-year-old man presenting with signs and symptoms of obstruction and was found to have an obstructive sigmoid cancer.
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February 2025
Emergency Department, Gansu Provincial Hospital, 204 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou, 730099, Gansu, China.
Background: Cases of Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) have been associated with high mortality rates and frequently require emergency exploratory laparotomy. However, the widespread utilization of computed tomography (CT) scans has revealed that HPVG is often connected to benign conditions, as demonstrated by numerous studies. Given the intricate nature of the underlying causes of HPVG, there remains a lack of consensus regarding the necessity of emergency surgical exploration for patients with HPVG.
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April 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314000, P.R. China.
Indigo naturalis, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine characterized by its dark blue hue, is utilized in the treatment of a diverse array of diseases, including ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, oral ulcers, radiation proctitis, chronic myelocytic leukemia and herpes zoster. The common adverse effects associated with indigo naturalis include liver dysfunction, headaches, abdominal pain and nausea. Notably, case reports have documented instances of ischemic injury to the colorectal mucosa attributed to indigo naturalis.
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