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Selected from high-relevance medical literature published in the last 14 days.
To investigate the effect of oropharyngeal topical lidocaine spray on the sedative dose of remimazolam required for gastroscopy in adults.
Read caseDuring diagnostic gastroscopy, intolerance is usually manifested as retching, coughing, and involuntary movement. Conscious analgesia relieves discomfort while patients continue to breathe spontaneously and remain…
A middle-childhood-aged female with X-linked erythropoietic protoporphyria (XLEPP) and end-stage liver disease required urgent dental extractions for liver transplantation preparation.
This report details five patients with malignant biliary obstruction who underwent one-stage percutaneous self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) placement due to failed ERCP.
A 68-year-old man with a history of colonic diverticular disease experienced severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding while on rivaroxaban.
A 52-year-old man with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis presented with severe abdominal pain requiring opioids. Imaging revealed a mildly dilated pancreatic duct with segmental strictures and a peripancreatic cyst.
We describe biochemically and functionally validated primary bile acid malabsorption caused by novel biallelic SLC10A2 variants in a child initially diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
A 72-year-old man presented with melena and abdominal discomfort, with prior endoscopies yielding no diagnosis. Multiphase computed tomographic enterography identified an 11×8 mm enhancing nodule in the distal small…
A middle-aged woman presented with a 2-month history of ascites and marked peripheral eosinophilia (49%). Analysis of her ascitic fluid revealed 90% eosinophils, with no malignancy detected.
A patient with cervical squamous cell carcinoma presented with cecal metastasis, identified as focal wall thickening and a cystic lesion via PET/CT.
A 71-year-old woman with metastatic lobular breast carcinoma developed new liver lesions after initial treatment. Imaging revealed multiple bilobar liver tumors with distinct patterns, prompting further investigation.
A 34-year-old male on PrEP for HIV presented with epigastric pain and constitutional symptoms. Laboratory tests showed elevated liver enzymes and positive smooth muscle antibodies, suggesting autoimmune hepatitis.
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