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Int J Surg Pathol
June 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
The bacterium (SV) is rarely identified in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and has been associated with diverse clinical presentations. We aimed to characterize the clinicopathologic features of SV in the GI tract. Seventeen specimens (3 gastrectomy and 14 biopsy specimens) with histologic diagnosis of SV were identified and analyzed.
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April 2024
Department of Clinical Immunology Allergy and AIDS, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Phlegmonous gastritis is a rare infection of the gastric wall. Clinical presentation of phlegmonous gastritis is generally non-specific and includes epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting and fever. The infection results from a transmural infection of the stomach.
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December 2023
Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
In addition to , the acute bacterial causes of infectious gastritis, include phlegmonous gastritis, gastric tuberculosis, and gastric syphilis. Bacterial gastritis often improves with appropriate broad-spectrum antibiotics, emphasizing the need for prompt diagnosis and treatment based on the clinical and endoscopic findings. Among viral gastritis, cytomegalovirus gastritis, primarily occurring in immunocompromised patients, necessitates antiviral intervention, while immunocompetent individuals typically achieve amelioration by administering proton pump inhibitors.
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April 2023
University of Chicago Medical Center, Section of Infectious Disease, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC, 5065 Chicago, IL, USA.
We present a case of phlegmonous gastritis, which is a rare, life-threatening infection involving transmural inflammation of the stomach of multiple possible etiologies. Historically this disease has required surgical management, including gastrectomy, which is quite morbid. Evolving literature suggests that antimicrobial therapy alone may be adequate treatment for this infection.
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February 2023
Clinical Research Development Unit of Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran.
Background: Gastric carcinoma is one of the most frequent malignancies worldwide. Gastric cancer metastasis to the appendix is uncommon in incidence, and has been rarely described in acute-appendicitis-related literature reviews. In this presented case, we have reported a rare case of appendiceal phlegmon, due to a diagnosis of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma with uncommon symptoms.
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