A 28-year-old woman presented with periumbilical pain and hematochezia. This patient reported intermittent periumbilical pain with a 1 year duration. Two months ago earlier, the pain became aggravated and hematochezia developed. Upon admission, the physical examination was normal. The hemoglobin level was 9.5 g/dL (normal=12-18) and the hematocrit level was 29.4% (normal=37-52). The other labor...

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a fairly uncommon malignancy, comprising only 3% of malignancies in adults [1]. Symptoms related to gastrointestinal involvement of this tumor rarely present, although up to 4% of patients with RCC have small-bowel metastases. Direct colonic invasion by RCC is extremely rare due to the retroperitoneal location of the kidneys and mesocolon. A thorough search of the ...

A 56-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a sudden onset of hematochezia. A blood examination showed a normal hemoglobin level of 12.1 g/dL. Urgent colonoscopy revealed a protruding lesion with a large ulcer in the ascending colon near Bauhin’s valve. Lavage of the lesion revealed spurting bleeding from an exposed vessel at the base of the ulcer (Picture 1). The hemorrhage was successf...

PURPOSE Early diagnostic work-up in patients with clinical symptoms of colorectal cancer (CRC) is important to achieve good treatment results. In this study, we investigated clinical symptoms when a diagnosis of CRC was made in patients who had a surgical resection, especially focusing on the relevance of constipation to CRC. METHODS The clinical symptoms of 17,415 CRC patients who had curati...

A 50-year-old woman with previously well-controlled type-2 diabetes developed hematochezia during hospitalization for cerebral vasculitis. She had been treated with intravenous methylprednisolone (1,000 mg) for three days, requiring an insulin drip before transitioning to daily maintenance prednisone (60 mg). She was hemodynamically stable with a soft, tender abdomen on exam. An abdominal/pelvi...

Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare disease characterized by tissue eosinophilia, which can affect different layers of bowel wall. Normally, the disease presents as colicky abdominal pain, and rarely as an acute intestinal obstruction or perforation. In this paper, we report a case of eosinophilic enteritis, hitherto unreported, presenting as an ileal obstruction, and followed by jejunal bleeding,...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2015;4(S1) www.amepc.org/tau 37 patients (60.7%). The mean time to reach the nadir PSA was 11.6 months after operation. The short-term adverse events after operation included fever in 4 patients, hematuria in 7 patients, and hematochezia in 4 patients. The most common long-term adverse event was urinary irritation (...

OBJECTIVE ultrasound (US) has been an important diagnostic tool to identify several causes of gastrointestinal bleeding. Infants with cow's milk allergy (CMA) may present hematochezia and the confirmation of the diagnosis can be difficult. The aim of this study is to describe grayscale and color Doppler ultrasound findings in patients with CMA. METHODS we retrospectively studied 13 infants wi...

INTRODUCTION A myriad of pathologies lead to gastro-intestinal bleeding (GIB). The common clinical presentations are hematemesis, melena, and hematochezia. Endoscopy aids localization and treatment of these lesions. AIMS The aim was to study the differential diagnosis of GIB emphasizing the role of endoscopy in diagnosis and treatment of GIB. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective study of pati...

Abstract Background Colonic Dieulafoy’s lesions (DLs) are an extremely rare cause of acute gastrointestinal bleeding. However, it could be presented from self-limiting, mild bleeding episodes up to recurrent, massive life-threatening hemorrhage. Case presentation We present a case 9-year-old female with recurrent attacks hematochezia. The colonoscopy showed actively at the rectosigmoid colon th...