Post written by Ryan Law, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. We present a 56-year-old woman with history of lupus and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), complicated by a persistent anastomotic ulcer ultimately requiring partial gastrectomy and esophagojejunostomy who was referred for endoscopic management of an esophagojejunal (EJ) …
Continue reading Management of an esophagojejunal anastomotic stricture using a LAMS
Post written by Lady Katherine Mejia Perez, MD, and Victoria Gómez, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. We describe a case of a 58-year-old man with necrotizing pancreatitis of biliary origin who underwent endoscopic drainage of a large, 12-cm pancreatic collection consistent with walled-off necrosis. A 15-mm diameter …
Continue reading Massive bleeding after EUS-guided walled-off necrosis drainage
Post written by Dennis Yang, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. A 59-year-old man with newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic cancer was referred for endoscopic treatment of concomitant gastric outlet obstruction and malignant biliary obstruction. Endoscopy revealed a severe type I stricture. ERCP was performed with successful placement of …
Continue reading The use of a LAMS for a short malignant duodenal stricture
Post written by Lady Katherine Mejia Perez, MD, and Victoria Gomez, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. We report an interesting case of a 75-year-old woman with decompensated cirrhosis with recurrent calculous cholecystitis who was being managed with an indwelling percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) due to poor surgical candidacy. …
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