An unusual gastric encounter: a beef tapeworm diagnosed by gastroscopy

An unusual gastric encounter: a beef tapeworm diagnosed by gastroscopy.

A 66-year-old man was referred for investigation of melena with a fall in hemoglobin of 1.5g/dl over 3 days. He was undergoing treatment with carboplatin, gemcitabine, and erlotinib for bone metastases from a non-small cell lung cancer andwas taking fluindione for atrial fibrillation. He complained of diffuse abdominal pain and moderate weight loss, both of which were being attributed to his ch...

Intussusception into the enteroanastomosis after Billroth II gastric resection; diagnosed by gastroscopy.

A case of retrograde intussusception (acute type) of efferent limb into Braun side-to-side jejuno-jejunal anastomosis is presented. Intussusception, though infrequent, is well recognized complication after gastric surgery. Patient was 50 year old man who was admitted with epigastric pain and abdominal mass for 6 hours. Patient had a history of total gastrectomy 2 years before admission due to s...

A case of gastric adenocarcinoma metastasis to the esophagus possibly caused by gastroscopy or gastric reflux.

Recurrence after curative resection for gastric cancer is high, the pattern of recurrence include haematogenous metastasis, peritoneal metastasis, lymph node metastasis, and local recurrence, respectively. Here we report a case with local recurrence at the beginning, and subsequent metastasis to the esophagus three month following gastroscopy. Biopsy of the nodule in the upper esophagus was tak...

Lyme disease--unusual medical encounter for an urologist.

UNLABELLED Lyme disease also called ,,the illness with a thousand faces" ("The Great Imitator") because it may mimic very well the symptoms and signs of other diseases, is an unusual medical encounter for the urologist. Every patient with Lyme disease has his own clinical feature, while the superposition over an unknown but easy to discover urological disease may lead to a misdiagnosis. CASE ...

An unusual acute gastric emergency.