Background: Papillomas are rare benign lesions that can be found in the oesophagus. Being rarely seen like a single small whitish, wart-like lesion grown from the mucosa. Histopathological examination is the gold standard for a definitive diagnosis. Excision of papillomas is reco...
Aims: Postoperative complications are a major concern following surgery for upper GI malignancies. Studies have shown that high levels of preoperative inflammatory markers have a poor prognosis. However, the relationship between preoperative platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), ne...
Background: Gastrointestinal endoscopy is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure vital for the management of gastrointestinal pathologies. This is indispensable in modern medicine. We report our early experience with video gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Federal Medical Centre...
Introduction: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis causing infected pancreatic necrosis is a severe disease with high morbidity and mortality that needs critical care and judicious management decisions. With a step-up approach in the management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis, there...
Dysphagia in patients undergoing cancer treatment is often associated with conditions such as reflux esophagitis, infectious esophagitis, malignant infiltration, or as a consequence of radiation therapy, the occurrence of an acute esophageal stricture resulting from chemotherap...
Background: To analyze the clinicopathological profile of abdominal tuberculosis patients among 73 patients in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. Objective: To analyze the clinicopathological profileof abdominal tuberculosis patients. Methods: It was crosssectional obsevetio...
Nutcracker syndrome is a clinico-radiological entity that can be the cause of atypical pain. Long described by urologists and nephrologists, it encompasses all manifestations associated with venous stasis induced by stricture of the left renal vein: either between the aorta and t...
Aim: To report a rare but possible localization of a distal esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man with severe progressive dysphagia and epigastric pain for 2 months. Endoscopy revealed normal esophagus up to 37 cm from the dental arch where a ti...
Introduction: Periampullary tumors account approximately 5% of all gastrointestinal cancers, and Vater’s papilla. Vater’s papilla tumors are the second most common entity of periampullary cancer. Case Presentation: We present a 69-year-old female patient who presented to the emer...
Choledochal Cysts are rare cystic dilatory conditions of the biliary tree with malignant tendency. These are more frequently reported in children. Surgical removal of these cysts can significantly reduce the risk of malignancy and also reduce the associated complications. However...
Introduction: This review focuses on the effect of Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), acid-suppressive agents, combined with ligation to manage rebleeding ulcers in cirrhotic patients. Methods: Data reviewed during approximately the last 20 years combining different studies concernin...
Granulomatous liver disease is common and can indicate underlying systemic issues. Liver biopsy findings may confuse clinicians. Some patients have abnormal liver panels without symptoms, while others show systemic manifestations. Identifying the underlying cause allows proper tr...
Endometriosis is defined as the growth of functional endometriotic gland and stroma outside the uterine cavity. Although it is common in women of reproductive age (10-12% of menstruating females), extra genital endometriosis is considerably rare. Bowel involvement is estimated to...
Dysphagia is a subjective feeling of difficulty of swallowing that has many causes. Of them, achalasia in which there is failure of relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) together with aperistalsis of the esophagus. Dysphagia lusoria a rare case of dysphagia is secondary...
Background: Colorectal malignancy is the third most common malignancy worldwide and the incidence in India is showing an increasing trend. Rapidly increasing incidence rates could result from epidemiological factors including age , race, diet, environmental exposures, and acquisi...