Although infrequent, digestive fistulae in HIV/AIDS patients have been reported throughout the digestive tract from the esophagus to the anus, with predominance of esophageal fistulae. AIDS/HIV-associated opportunistic infections may invade the digestive system and lead to fistula formation. Tuberculosis is the most common infection associated with these esophageal fistulae. We report here one ...

Background. Intra-abdominal metastases of invasive lobular breast cancer (ILBC) may be insidious. We report a case of metastatic ILBC that presented with dysphagia within weeks of a negative mammogram and before the development of intra-abdominal symptoms. Case. A 70-year-old female developed esophageal dysphagia. She underwent EGD which showed a short segment of stricture of the distal esophag...

INTRODUCTION Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the commonest mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach and small intestine are the favored sites of occurrence. They rarely occur in the colon, rectum and esophagus. GIST is neoplasm of mesenchymal origin originating from precursors of the interstitial cells of cajal. The symptoms of gastrointestinal stromal tumor depend on t...

BACKGROUND To investigate the diagnostic and treatment methods for Chinese patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2004 to June 2014, patients diagnosed with primary GIST and treated by a single medical team in the Department of Digestive Disease of XuYi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine were retrospectively recruited. Re-examination and ...

Case series KG, a 5 year old girl with daily abdominal pain, was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis. Initial endoscopy revealed 20 eosinophils/hpf in the distal esophagus. Avoidance diet based on allergy testing was an ineffective treatment. An elemental diet of Neocate (8 weeks) resulted in resolution of symptoms and 0 eosinophils/hpf on repeat biopsy. She is currently on a gradual reintr...

Hypercontractile esophagus (nicknamed jackhammer esophagus) is a recently defined disease within the esophageal motility disorders classification. Responses to treatments for jackhammer esophagus have been inconsistent in previous trials, possibly due to its heterogeneous manifestation. Thus, we reviewed 10 patients diagnosed with jackhammer esophagus and compared their clinical and manometric ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a widespread chronic in which stomach or duodenal contents rise up into the esophagus. Esophageal spasm and achalasia cardia are poorly studied disorders associated with impaired neuromuscular impulse transmission motor discoordination of esophagus, manifested by chest pain dysphagia. The article presents clinical case young patient gastroesophageal history at...

Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract are common; they can be ingested or inserted accidentally or intentionally [1], with 80% of cases occurring in children between the ages of 6months and3years [2]. In adults, ingestion of foreign bodies often occurs accidentally [1]; however, psychiatric patients, people who are incarcerated, malingerers, and those with an altered sensorium may someti...