a 27 year-old female patient with chronic watery diarrhea, weight loss, ascites, arthropathy and evidence of vitamin k deficiency

A 13.5- Year Old Boy with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss and Chronic Intussusception

We present a 13.5 year old boy with chronic intussusception that was misdiagnosed as Crohn disease and received treatment for the wrong diagnosis. Because his condition didn’t improve, more work-ups were performed and the radiologic work-ups revealed the diagnosis of a missed intussusception with fistula.We suggest that prolonged intussusception should be considered in the list of differential ...

A 32-year-old man with copious, watery diarrhea.

A 39-year-old female immigrant with chronic diarrhea

1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; 2Amarillo Pathology Group; 3Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, USA Correspondence: Dr Faisal A Khasawneh, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1400...

An 18-year-old female with weight loss and hypokalemia.

celiac disease manifesting with deep venus thrombosis: a case report

celiac disease has protean manifestations. in this report, a 24 year-old young female with celiac disease and acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (dvt) is presented. the patient was a 24 year-old female who presented with long standing diarrhea, 8 kg weight loss in the recent month, lower extremity edema, petechiae and purpura. laboratory exam demonstrated very high titers of iga antie...

A 29-year-old immigrant with chronic diarrhea.

Diagnosis: Schistosomal colitis. The biopsy shows intact colonic mucosa with multiple schistosomal ova in the submucosa, some of which are surrounded by granulomatous inflammation [Figures 1 and 2]. Repeated stool testing revealed parasite ova with a lateral spine that are consistent with Schistosoma mansoni. The patient was treated with a 2-dose course of praziquantel at 20 mg/kg/dose with com...