Bronchoscopic‐Guided Selective Endobronchial Injection of Methylene Blue Solution for Localising Peripheral Bronchopleural Fistulas During Pleural Debridement in a Post‐Lobectomy P... by Yi Wei, Ke Wang, Honglei Tao, Zhongliang He, Weihua Xu

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Two Cases of Acute Cholecystitis and Symptomatic Choledocholithiasis in Two Women Less than 40-Years-of-Age with Hormonal Intrauterine Devices by Helen M. Shields, Hasrat Sidhu

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An Unusual Cause of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Acute Esophageal Necrosis by Nikhil R. Kalva, Madhusudhan R. Tokala, Sonu Dhillon, Watcoun-Nchinda Pisoh, Saqib Walayat, Vishwas Vanar, Srinivas R. Puli

“…It is an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and is recognized with distinct and striking mucosal findings on endoscopy. The patients are usually older and are critically ill with shared comorbidities, which include atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic renal insufficiency, and malnutrition. …”
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Extremely Rare Intraoral Presentation of Localized Amyloidosis by Luka Morelato, Igor Smojver, Sven Seiwerth, Dragana Gabrić

“…Histopathological analysis is the first step for diagnosis, but systemic tests, blood counts, urinalysis, bone marrow biopsy, electrocardiography, and digestive endoscopy are recommended to rule out a systemic disease.…”
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CMV Enteritis Causing Massive Intestinal Hemorrhage in an Elderly Patient by Mihaiela Morunglav, Ivan Theate, Gilles Bertin, Philippe Hantson

“…Aspecific pattern of duodenitis was found at abdomen computed tomography and on biopsies during endoscopy. A diagnosis of vasculitis was suspected on the basis of the clinical and biological course (skin lesions, arthralgias, proteinuria, low complement C3 and C4 fractions, etc.) and pulse steroid therapy was prescribed. …”
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Blue Ear Cyst: A Rare Eccrine Hidrocystoma of the Ear Canal and Successful Endoscopic Excision by Taha A. Mur, Ronald Miick, Natasha Pollak

“…A characteristic bluish hue aids in diagnosis and surgical excision using ear endoscopy provides excellent control.…”
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Short-term results of treatment of non-epithelial gastro-intestinal tumors complicated by bleeding by S. G. Shapovalyants, A. I. Mikhalev, Ye. D. Fedorov, R. V. Plakhov, L. M. Mikhaleva, Z. V. Galkova, Ye. V. Ivanova, A. E. Sergeyenko

“…In 52 patients for assessment of localization, structure and character of proliferation of tumor modern radiological and endoscopic methods were applied: balloon and videocapsular endoscopy, selective angiography, computer tomography, endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle biopsy.Results. …”
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Bile Reflux Gastritis: Insights into Pathogenesis, Relevant Factors, Carcinomatous Risk, Diagnosis, and Management by Xiaolan Shi, Zijiao Chen, Yi Yang, Su Yan

“…Nevertheless, advances in techniques, especially extensive applications of endoscopy and chemical analysis of reflux contents, have improved our ability to identify the occurrence of this disease as well as distinguishing physiological reflux from pathological reflux. …”
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Surgical strategy in a patient with an aggressive tumor of the gastrointestinal tract in the fourth portion of the duodenum by Tomás Ariel Lombardo Vaillant

“…The diagnostic tests performed were: blood chemistry tests, abdominal ultrasound, computerized axial tomography, and digestive endoscopy with biopsy that confirmed the diagnosis. …”
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Gastroduodenal form of Crohn's disease by I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreev, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Epigastric pain, loss of body weight, nausea and — in some cases — vomiting are the most frequent symptoms of this pathology. Endoscopy of the stomach and duodenum with histological examination are the «gold» standard of GDCD diagnostics and quite often have crucial importance in the proof of diagnosis. …”
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Successful Gastric Volvulus Reduction and Gastropexy Using a Dual Endoscope Technique by Laith H. Jamil, Brian L. Huang, David C. Kunkel, Vijay Jayaraman, Edy E. Soffer

“…Postoperative imaging included a CT scan and upper GI series that showed a gastric volvulus with the antrum located above the diaphragm. An upper endoscopy was advanced through the pylorus into the duodenum and left in this position to keep the stomach under the diaphragm. …”
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Implementation of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Neoplasms in Sweden by Henrik Thorlacius, Noryia Uedo, Ervin Toth

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Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia by Simone Garzon, Giovanni Zanconato, Nicoletta Zatti, Giuseppe Chiarioni, Massimo Franchi

“…Direct inspection by endoscopy is useful, but chest computed tomography best assesses the degree of obliteration of the lumen and excludes other differential diagnoses. …”
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Embedded Pork Bone Causing Esophageal Perforation and an Esophagus-Innominate Artery Fistula by Andrew C. Berry, Peter V. Draganov, Brijesh B. Patel, Danny Avalos, Warren L. Reuther, Avinash Ravilla, Bruce B. Berry, Michael J. Monzel

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Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” by Anjali S. Kumar, Jasna Coralic, Reid Vegeler, Kirthi Kolli, John Liang, Allison Estep, Allen P. Chudzinski, James D. McFadden

“…Even cutting-edge technologies, such as push enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy, can fail to determine the cause of a patient’s symptoms. …”
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The Role of IL-33 in Gut Mucosal Inflammation by Luca Pastorelli, Carlo De Salvo, Maurizio Vecchi, Theresa T. Pizarro

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Psoas Muscle Infiltration Masquerading Distant Adenocarcinoma by Kamel A. Gharaibeh, Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz, Tauqeer Yousuf

“…Patient underwent upper endoscopy, which showed a duodenal mass that was biopsied which also reported poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. …”
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Asymptomatic Barrett’s Oesophagus-Complicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease at Ineffective Antisecretory Therapy by E. V. Barkalova, S. S. Pirogov, D. N. Andreev, M. A. Ovsepyan, I. V. Maev, A. D. Kaprin

“…A 63-yo patient with no complaints in a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy was admitted for a follow-up examination for BO-complicated GERD using oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGDS) with biopsy, high-resolution oesophageal manometry and 24-h pH-impedance. Endoscopy revealed signs of BO (long segment C1M3), erosive reflux oesophagitis (grade B in Los Angeles classification). …”
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Endoscopic Detection of Gastric Metastases in Skin Melanoma by M. Yu. Kabanov, K. V. Sementsov, D. B. Degterev, M. Ya. Belikova, D. K. Savchenkov, T. E. Koshelev, A. K. Stechishina

“…Metastatic melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract has non-specific symptoms and most often occurs during the dissemination process. Endoscopy should be used to correctly verify pigmented mucosal lesions, necessarily allowing for non-pigmented gastric neoplasms in patients with skin melanoma in history.…”
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Canadian Helicobacter pylori Consensus Conference Update: Infections in Adults by RH Hunt, CA Fallone, ABR Thomson, Canadian Helicobacter Study Group

“…Key changes included the following: the recommendation for testing and treating H pylori infection in patients with known peptic ulcer disease was extended to testing and treating patients with ulcer-like dyspepsia; it was decided that the urea breath test (not serology) should be used for routine diagnosis of H pylori infection unless endoscopy is indicated for another reason; and recommended therapies were a twice daily, seven-day regimen of a proton pump inhibitor (omeprazole 20 mg, lansoprazole 30 mg, pantoprazole 40 mg) or ranitidine bismuth citrate 400 mg, plus clarithromycin 500 mg and amoxicillin 1000 mg, or plus clarithromycin 500 or 250 mg and metronidazole 500 mg. …”
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