Duodenal Histoplasmosis Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an AIDS Patient by Michael A. Spinner, Heather N. Paulin, C. William Wester

“…For diagnostic evaluation, we recommend checking a urine Histoplasma quantitative antigen EIA as well as upper and/or lower endoscopy with biopsy. We recommend treatment with a two-week course of liposomal amphotericin B followed by indefinite itraconazole.…”
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A Krukenberg Tumor from an Occult Intramucosal Gastric Carcinoma Identified during an Autopsy by Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ayako Hiramatsu, Takafumi Koyama, Yu Oyama, Ayuko Tanaka, Koichi Honma

“…Extensive testing including upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and whole-body imaging did not detect the primary lesion. …”
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Isolated Splenic Vein Thrombosis: 8-Year-Old Boy with Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Hypersplenism by Mohammad Ali Kiani, Arash Forouzan, Kambiz Masoumi, Behnaz Mazdaee, Mohammad Bahadoram, Hamid Reza Kianifar, Hassan Ravari

“…And during the one-year follow-up obvious improvement of the esophageal varices was observed in endoscopy.…”
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Clinically relevant phenotypes in chronic rhinosinusitis by Jessica W. Grayson, Marina Cavada, Richard J. Harvey

“…Our aim with this review is discuss the clinical presentation, radiology, endoscopy, histopathology, and treatment algorithm of three different phenotypes of primary CRS: central compartment atopic disease, eosinophilic CRS, and non-eosinophilic CRS. …”
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Serrated Polyps and Their Alternative Pathway to the Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review by Łukasz Szylberg, Marlena Janiczek, Aneta Popiel, Andrzej Marszałek

“…An important step to reduce the incidence of CRC initiated by the serrated pathway is to improve the detection of serrated polyps and to ensure their complete removal during endoscopy. Understanding of the so-called serrated carcinogenesis pathway is an important step forward in expanding possibilities in the prevention of CRC.…”
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Impact of severe dysphagia on overall survival after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy by Kazumi Shimamoto, Ryota Matsui, Yorihiro Nishiyama, Kyohei Nishino, Hiromitsu Ban

“…The Hyodo–Komagane score was used to evaluate swallowing via endoscopy. Patients with a Hyodo–Komagane score ≤ 8 were defined as having moderate dysphagia, whereas those with a score ≥ 9 were defined as having severe dysphagia. …”
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Intragastric Endoscopic Assisted Single Incision Surgery for Gastric Leiomyoma of the Esophagogastric Junction by Salvador Morales-Conde, Isaias Alarcón, Carlos Ortiz-Moyano, Antonio Barranco, Francisco J. Padillo, María Socas

“…Appling this technical development, we have developed a new technique based on an intragastric approach using a single port device assisted by endoscopy (I-EASI: intragastric endoscopic assisted single incision surgery) in order to remove benign gastric lesions and GIST tumors placed in the posterior wall of the stomach or close to the esophagogastric junction or the gastroduodenal junction. …”
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Diffuse Arterial Thrombosis as a First Manifestation of Occult Malignancy by Marija Vavlukis, Irina Kotlar, Emilija Chaparoska, Emilija Antova, Sasko Kedev

“…The suspicion was confirmed after performing upper endoscopy with biopsy, which revealed malignant neoplasm of the stomach. …”
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The Coexistence of Colorectal Polyps in the Right Colon Increases the Malignant Risk of Laterally Spreading Tumors by Xiaonan Shen, Yao Zhang, Yunjia Zhao, Xiaobo Li, Zhizheng Ge, Hua Xiong, Danfeng Sun, Qinyan Gao, Yun Cui, Xiaoyu Chen, Yingxuan Chen, Jingyuan Fang

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study that enrolled 206 patients with LSTs in the Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. …”
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Relationship Between Adenoma Detection Rate and Respective Withdrawal Time in Different Colon Segments: A Retrospective, Single‐Center Study by Xujin Chen, Bingxin Xu, Bingni Wei, Lin Ji, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan

“…Methods Outpatients, age range 18–75 years, undertaking complete colonoscopy were enrolled in this study from November 2019 to November 2020 in the digestive endoscopy center. The entire colon was divided into four different segments: ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and rectosigmoid colon. …”
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Surrounding Gastric Mucosa Findings Facilitate Diagnosis of Gastric Neoplasm as Gastric Adenoma or Early Gastric Cancer by Tadashi Miike, Shojiro Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Miyata, Tomoya Hirata, Yuko Noda, Takaho Noda, Sho Suzuki, Sachiko Takeda, Shuichiro Natsuda, Mai Sakaguchi, Kosuke Maemura, Kanna Hashimoto, Takumi Yamaji, Hiroo Abe, Hisayoshi Iwakiri, Yoshihiro Tahara, Satoru Hasuike, Kenji Nagata, Akira Kitanaka, Kazuya Shimoda

“…It is difficult to master the skill of discriminating gastric adenoma from early gastric cancer by conventional endoscopy or magnifying endoscopy combined with narrow-band imaging, because the colors and morphologies of these neoplasms are occasionally similar. …”
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Site-specific immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation is associated with gastric cancer progression by Tingting Xu, Jianmin Huang, Jiajing Lin, Yuanyuan Liu, Yi Wang, Wenkang Shen, Jianjie He, Shuyun Chen, Xi Zhu, Yuqin Que, Mengting Hu, Yu Chen, Liming Cheng, Honghao He, Xin Liu, Si Liu

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Brunner’s Gland Hamartoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding – Case Report and Review of the Literature by David R Stolpman, Gordon C Hunt, Brett Sheppard, Hahn Huang, Deepak V Gopal

“…Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a 3.5 cm ulcerated submucosal mass in the third portion of the duodenum, for which mucosal biopsies were nondiagnostic. …”
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Gastric Glomus Tumor: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Yoshinori Handa, Mikihiro Kano, Mayumi Kaneko, Naoki Hirabayashi

“…These symptoms combined with severe anemia prompted us to perform an emergency upper endoscopy, which showed bleeding from an ulcerated 30 mm submucosal tumor in the gastric antrum. …”
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Improving Survival in Decompensated Cirrhosis by Amar Nath Mukerji, Vishal Patel, Ashokkumar Jain

“…We specially emphasize protection of airways by avoidance of sedatives, avoidance of Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure, elective intubation in grade III or higher encephalopathy, maintaining a low threshold for intubation with lesser grades of encephalopathy when undergoing upper endoscopy or colonoscopy as pre transplant evaluation or transferring patient to a transplant center. …”
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Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy by Masaya Iwamuro, Takehiro Tanaka, Daisuke Takei, Yuusaku Sugihara, Keita Harada, Sakiko Hiraoka, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada

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Electrocardiographic Changes in Elderly Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by NG Kounis, GM Zavras, PJ Papadaki, SN Kouni, M Batsolaki, GV Gouvelou-Deligianni, C Markoglou, JA Goudevenos, CN Mallioris, C Kokkinis, K Kalokairinou, N Grapsas, GN Kounis, CM Koutsojannis

“…BACKGROUND: Cardiorespiratory complications may occur during gastrointestinal endoscopy, and elderly people seem to be more vulnerable to these complications during endoscopic procedures involving the manipulation of abdominal viscera. …”
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Laparoscopic Management of Huge Ovarian Cysts by A. Alobaid, A. Memon, S. Alobaid, L. Aldakhil

“…With advancing techniques, proper patients selection, and availability of experts in gynecologic endoscopy, it is possible to remove giant cyst by laparoscopy.…”
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Gastric Duplication Cyst: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Jai P. Singh, Heena Rajdeo, Kalyani Bhuta, John A. Savino

“…Duplication cysts in adults are generally encountered as incidental findings at endoscopy or laparotomy. Herein, we report two rare cases of symptomatic GDC presenting in adults. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Occlusion Causing Severe Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Two Paediatric Cases by Anna L. Fox, Matthew Jones, Andrew Healey, Marcus K. H. Auth

“…CT angiography confirmed the diagnosis in both cases, in addition to characteristic findings on endoscopy. Paediatricians should suspect this condition in children with severe gastrointestinal bleeding, particularly in children with previous, complex abdominal surgery.…”
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