Read the details from 3 unique cases on GI disorders: dieulafoy lesion, colovesical fistula, and intussusception.
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A 33-year-old man from the Ivory Coast (who had been living in the United States for the past 8 years) received a diagnosis of AIDS when he presented with Pneumocystis jiroveci...
More »Clostridium difficile infections account for most cases of antibiotic-associated colitis.1 However, there is increasing evidence that Klebsiella oxytoca infection contributes to the development of C difficile–negative antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis. Most cases have been reported in...
More »A 30-year-old white man with HIV infection since September 2004 presented to his infectious disease physician in January 2007 to restart his antiretroviral therapy. Three months earlier, he had discontinued all of his antiretroviral medications because of his loss of health insurance. He remained...
More »Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a condition of connective tissue characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. The disease is rare but associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
More »In my January column (“Fishing Expeditions and Autism: A Big Catch for Genetic Research?” Psychiatric Times, January 2009, page 12), I described the great difficulties researchers face characterizing the genetic basis of the disease. Complexities range from trying to establish a stable diagnostic...
More »Computer-aided detection systems show high potential for detecting inconspicuous colonic polyps but provide little help in locating nonpolypoid colorectal lesions, according to research presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
More »A 45-year-old incarcerated man with long-standing AIDS was admitted for management of lower extremity pain secondary to peripheral neuropathy.
More »Microscopic colitis is a noninfectious
colitis that is characterized
by chronic nonbloody
diarrhea and macroscopically
normal colonic mucosa. Extraintestinal
manifestations
are rarely seen. In this report,
we describe a nonspecific interstitial
pneumonitis in a patient
with lymphocytic... More »
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