Gastrointestinal tract aspergilloma: possible cause of malabsorption.

Gastrointestinal tract aspergilloma: possible cause of malabsorption.

A 62 year old man with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia presented with malabsorption, the cause of which could not be found during life. Necropsy examination showed aspergillosis, limited to the stomach, where tumour-like masses were seen, the oesophagus, and lungs. This case illustrates the problems of diagnosing fungal infections in life and the importance of clinicopathological correlation at n...

Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia secreting a paraprotein with lupus anticoagulant activity: possible association with gastrointestinal tract disease and malabsorption.

A 51 year old man with Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia presented with a malabsorptive syndrome related to extensive small bowel lymphangiectasia caused by immunoglobulin accumulation. The patient's plasma had strong lupus anticoagulant activity and the IgM lambda paraprotein displayed specificity for the negatively charged phospholipids phosphatidyl serine and phosphatidyl inositol, as well as...

An awareness of a possible cause of obstruction due to an ureteric aspergilloma mistaken for stone.

ABSTRACT Ureteric aspergilloma is a rare cause of ureteric colic and obstruction. We are presenting a rare entity in a 58-year old man who had complained of pain abdomen. It is a case of unilateral ureteric aspergilloma in a middle aged diabetic male. He was diagnosed as a case of ureteric calculi on ultrasound and X-ray KUB. On ureteroscopy yellow pus like ball was removed and sent for patholo...

Azygoesophageal fistula: a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding.

A 73-year-old man, who had a history of thoracic aorta aneurysm and aortic valve replacement operations 25 years ago and anemia diagnosed 4 years previously who was currently taking warfarin, propranolol, and iron preparations, presented to the emergency department with melena and hematemesis. His blood pressure was 90/60mmHg and his heart rate was 108 beats per minute. Investigations showed he...

Congental Glucose- Galactose Malabsorption a Rare Cause of Diarrhea in Infancy Period: Report of Two Cases