Clinical News & Knowledge: Gastrointestinal Disorders
February 16, 2010
GI Anomalies
Read the details from 3 unique cases on GI disorders: dieulafoy lesion, colovesical fistula, and intussusception. More »
December 16, 2009
Schistosoma mansoni Colitis in an AIDS Patient
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 pneumonia. His CD4+ cell count was 6/µL, and his HIV RNA level was 575,000 copies/mL. He also presented with altered... More »
June 3, 2009
Bloody Diarrhea Caused by Infection With Klebsiella oxytoca in a Burn Patient
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 »
May 29, 2009
Colitis and Gastroparesis Associated With Syphilis in an HIV-Infected Person With an Undetectable Viral Load
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 »
March 30, 2009
Skin hardening, but is it systemic sclerosis?
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 »
December 4, 2008
CAD improves detection of inconspicuous colonic polyps, adds little to search for flat colorectal lesions
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 »
September 1, 2008
HIV-Associated Toxic Megacolon
A 45-year-old incarcerated man with long-standing AIDS was admitted for management of lower extremity pain secondary to peripheral neuropathy. More »
July 29, 2008
What caused this woman’s pneumomediastinum?
June 1, 2008
Pulmonary involvement in a patient with lymphocytic colitis

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 »

May 23, 2008
Angio embolization staunches GI hemorrhage when surgery fails
Angiographic embolization is deployed routinely for colonic hemorrhage and hemobilia, but it has received limited attention for treating upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. An international group of surgeons and radiologists evaluated the safety and efficacy of angiographic embolization for GI... More »
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