Search results for "From Annals of Internal Medicine"
Case series describes pouchitis after immune checkpoint inhibitors
Two unusual cases of pouchitis occurred in older men receiving therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/25/11.htm
25 Aug 2023
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on purple urine in a patient with chronic constipation, long-term use of metronidazole mimicking hepatic encephalopathy, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia involving the liver were published in the past month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/9.htm
23 Sep 2022
Single sigmoidoscopy screening may reduce colorectal cancer, mortality in men but not women
Patients in Norway were randomly assigned to flexible sigmoidoscopy with and without additional fecal blood testing (with colonoscopy offered if results were positive) and were compared to patients offered no screening.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/27/5.htm
27 Apr 2018
How would you manage this patient with Clostridioides difficile infection?
An infectious diseases specialist and a gastroenterologist discussed antibiotic treatment options for nonsevere Clostridioides difficile in a recent Beyond the Guidelines.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/25/10.htm
25 Aug 2023
Case report describes hepatic abscess after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
A rare care of hepatic abscess caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans occurred in a 40-year-old immunocompetent woman who had had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy nine months prior.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/23/10.htm
23 Jun 2023
Case reports published on gastroenterology topics
Reports on a giant posterior mediastinal metastatic mass of primary gastric origin and a rare case of idiopathic black esophagus, duodenum, and jejunum were published this month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/22/10.htm
22 Apr 2022
Case reports published on gastroenterology, hepatology topics
Reports on spontaneous hepatic artery thrombosis, refractory celiac disease type II, and melanoma of the GI tract were published this month by Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, a new journal co-published by ACP and the American Heart Association.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/25/8.htm
25 Mar 2022
Going ‘Beyond the Guidelines' to treat gallstone pancreatitis
Physicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston discuss the care of a patient with recurrent acute pancreatitis who decides to delay cholecystectomy until after hospital discharge.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/22/7.htm
22 Feb 2019
Case reports published on gastroenterology topics
Reports on gastric hyperplastic polyps and upper GI bleeding, rectal ulceration after radiation therapy, and primary epiploic appendagitis were published this month.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/27/8.htm
27 May 2022
New Beyond the Guidelines on recurrent diverticulitis
Two gastroenterologists with expertise in acute diverticulitis debated CT scanning for diagnosis, antibiotics for treatment, colonoscopy to screen for underlying malignancy, and elective surgery to prevent recurrent disease.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/23/8.htm
23 Jun 2023