We present ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a case with pancreatic solid pseudopapillary tumor and their correlations with histopathology. Ultrasound revealed a hypoechogenic mass, and computed tomography revealed a hypodense mass at the pancreatic head minimally enhanced after intravenous contrast agent administration. Magnetic resonance imaging showed...

A 59-year-old man with past medical history of thoracic aortic aneurysm treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair presented with melena for 2 weeks. Initial EGD did not reveal the source of bleeding and showed normal esophagus; abdominal arteriogram did not reveal a fistulous communication and initial CTA showed normal position of the aortic graft stent without endoleak. The sixth EGD re...

further complicated by the fact that unless the PPI molecule is protected, it is subject to degradation in the presence of stomach acid.3 The PPIs (except for Zegerid) are therefore encapsulated or enterically coated to prevent premature activation of the drug in the presence of gastric acid.2,3 Opening the capsule and administering the contents have the potential to leave the granules vulnerab...

Esophagectomy can result in various postoperative nutrition-related complications that may impair the nutritional status of the patient. In our institution, we usually initiate 16-hour continuous jejunostomy feeding using an enteral feeding pump on postoperative day 2 as a routine protocol after esophagectomy. The target calorie intake was achieved in 6-7 days with this protocol, which is longe...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunos− tomy (PEGJ) tube placement is a technical− ly simple procedure that is the most com− monly used method of endoscopic jeju− nostomy. However, it only allows the placement of jejunostomy tubes with a diameter of 3 ± 4 mm (9 ± 12 Fr), which are prone to luminal occlusion and migra− tion [1± 3]. In addition, it has been report− ed that PEGJ tubes may not preve...