Start studying Chapter 47 Text. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Results. Gastroscopy revealed 38 diffuse lesions (14 antral gastritis, 19 pangastritis, and 5 diffuse antral vascular ectasia) and 25 localized lesions (14 erosions. III. MUCOSAL DEFENSE “Mucosal defense” is a term used to describe the various factors and components that permit the m...

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori usually consists of a 7-day course of triple therapy including metronidazole or amoxicillin plus clarithromycin plus a proton pump inhibitor. We report about a rare adverse event of Hp eradication in a patient with moderate chronic and moderate active pangastritis. Shortly after the end of treatment cholestatic hepatitis occurred which was most likely related ...

Fig. 2 Crusted erythematous plaques on the abdomen. Fig. 3 Crusted erythematous plaques in inner sides of thighs. A 70-year-old female patient presented with generalized erythematous, scaly skin lesions scattered all our the body for 20 days duration associated with slight pruritus. The patient was a known case of uncontrolled diabetes on insulin therapy. There was no past history of any previo...

A 30-year-old man presented with an erythematous plaque on his left forearm. The plaque began as vesicles and was pruritic. The area was mildly infiltrated and had a particular pattern (Figure 1). He had applied an ornamental tattoo five days prior to the development of the rash, and the rash did not spread beyond the border of the tattoo. His medical history was unremarkable. Physical examinat...

Congenital diffuse Melanosis is one of the rarest clinical manifestations of hereditary universal Melanosis and only few cases have been reported all over the world. The presented case is a 54-year-old man who presented to us complaining of erythematous annular lesions on his face and neck since 8 months ago. Diffuse pigmentation of his skin took our attention. According to the patient, d...