This 53 year old white female presented with complaints of severe pelvic congestion syndrome and hematuria. The patient gave a history of intermittent macroand microscopic hematuria for the past 3 years. A recent urologic examination with blue light cystoscopy had revealed some submucosal varices in the bladder, which were thought to be the source of bleeding. However, 2 cystoscopies, 1 and 2 y...

Corresponding author: Kyung-Tae Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Daehwa-dong, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang 411-706, Korea. Tel: 82-31-910-7160, Fax: 82-31-910-7184, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// crea...

A 63-year old man underwent an emergency esophagogastroduodenoscopy because of hematemesis. He had undergone surgery 2 months earlier for a pT4aN3 oropharyngeal carcinoma. This had been followed 4 weeks later by placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) because of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia. Endoscopy revealed a partially overgrown bumper (●" Fig.1a), which was freed from the...

Introduction: Hemosuccus pancreaticus is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding defined as bleeding from the ampulla of Vater through the main pancreatic duct, commonly caused by a ruptured aneurysm in the setting of acute or chronic pancreatitis. Bleeding is often intermittent and repetitive, but can be massive. Endoscopy rarely reveals active hemorrhaging. Case Report: We present a 3...