Ileocecal valve preservation in a 58-year-old Crohn’s disease patient

Dysphagia in a 58-year-old man.

Volume 90, Number 10 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 727 A 58-year-old man presented to the family medicine clinic with several months of weight loss and difficulty swallowing. He reported that solid foods were “getting stuck” in his throat. He had no relevant medical history, and physical examination findings were normal. Contrast esophagography was performed as an outpatient (Figur...

Intramammary metastatic melanoma of unknown primary origin in a 58-year old patient: a case report

BACKGROUND Malignant melanoma metastasis to the breast is a rare disease. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 58-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian woman with metastatic malignant melanoma of unknown origin of the right breast. She presented with a palpable lump in the inferior quadrant of her right breast. The investigations concluded it was breast metastasis from a malignant melanoma ...

Localized lipomatosis of the perineum in a 58-year-old male patient – case report

Lipomatosis of the perineum is an extremely rare condition. We report a localized hypertrophy of adipose tissue of the perineum in a 58-year-old man. The cause of enlargement could not be revealed. Nonetheless, preoperative workup and exclusion of possible malign tumors is essential.

Two ileocecal valve lipomas

A 68-year-old woman presented with a 4-year unexplained intermittent abdominal pain recently complicated with rapidly transient obstruction episodes. Physical examination, plain radiograph and ultrasound of the abdomen were normal. At colonoscopy, a submucosal tumor (Fig. 1A) 0.5 cm in diameter prolapsing through the ileocecal valve was found. On removal of the tumor, after endoloop placement, ...

Case 1-2011: small intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a 58-year-old patient with coeliac disease.