Post written by Theodore James, MD, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We describe a case of a woman with dysphagia, found to have an esophageal duplication cyst. These are rare entities in adults and have classically required surgical resection. We describe a novel technique for endoscopic fenestration of the cyst in …
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Post written by Malay Sharma from the Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital. We present a case of acute cholangitis due to biliary ascariasis mimicking biliary stent on ultrasonography. Biliary ascariasis is not commonly seen in western countries, hence the reason for showcasing this video. A 50-year-old-man presented with acute cholangitis. He underwent multiple ERCP procedures with …
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Post written by Bing Hu, MD, and Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China. This video presents a case in which EGD showed a huge mass in the duodenum. There was a Forrest-type 2B ulcer at the distal end. CT and EUS characteristics were consistent for lipoma. On …
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Post written by Omar Mousa, MBBS, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Florida. A 34-year-old woman with invasive gastric adenocarcinoma underwent total gastrectomy with en bloc splenectomy, distal esophagectomy, subtotal pancreatectomy, and intraoperative percutaneous jejunal tube placement. An esophagojejunostomy anastomosis (EJA) dehiscence was suspected 7 days after the initial procedure when the …
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Post written by David Albers, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen, academic teaching hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Main-duct-IPMN and mixed-type-IPMN are frequently associated with malignancy and usually leaded to surgery; however, branch-duct-IPMNs biologically behave more indolent. Prediction of malignancy is a crucial point to distinguish between surgical therapy and conservative management …
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Post written by Georgios Mavrogenis, MD, from the Endoscopy Department, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece. This case illustrates the endoscopic management of a 7-cm-long obstruction of the distal colon that was not amenable to stenting, dilation, or surgery. The patient suffered from pseudo-diarrhea and gas retention. His abdomen was very distended and painful. CT scan and …
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Post written by Michiko Wada, MD, and Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. We report a case of a 77-year-old woman who had undergone polypectomy for a polyp on the anastomosis of past laparoscopic sigmoidectomy but was referred to our endoscopy unit with recurrent polyp. …
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