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Endoscopic treatment for peptic ulcer perforation

Endoscopic treatment for peptic ulcer perforation

Background Perforation of an acute ulcer is a serious and life-threatening condition. Treatment for this sudden abdominal event is surgical in the majority of cases.

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Rapunzel syndrome

Rapunzel syndrome

A 31-year-old female patient presented to the University Hospital’s emergency department with upper abdominal pain that had persisted for 2 weeks. She also reported a

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Ascaris Lumbricoides worm encountered in the stomach

Ascaris Lumbricoides worm encountered in the stomach

Ascaris infestation show quite a wide array of clinical manifestations as it maybe asymptomatic showing only long term manifestations of growth retardation and malnutrition ,

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Transcutaneous SpyGlass-guided rendezvous

Transcutaneous SpyGlass-guided rendezvous

Achieving sustained biliary drainage in patients with cholestasis or cholangitis often represents a turning-point in the treatment of malignant and infectious diseases with hepatobiliary involvement.

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Endoscopic therapy in sigmoid volvulus — case report and glance at the current ASGE guideline

Endoscopic therapy in sigmoid volvulus — case report and glance at the current ASGE guideline

Clinical case: A 78-year-old lady presented as an emergency case with stool retention for several days in chronic constipation, with known diverticulosis and acutely increasing

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The “black” esophagus

The “black” esophagus

A 68-year old woman with advanced endometrial cancer and evidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was referred to endoscopy unit

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Esophageal duplication cysts (EDCs)

Esophageal duplication cysts (EDCs)

Here we present a case of a patient qualified for endosonographic evaluation of unspecific esophageal submucosal lesion (SEL). The lesion was detected during routine upper

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Intestinal Kaposi sarcoma

Intestinal Kaposi sarcoma

A 38-year-old man in a clearly impaired general state of health presented for clarification of Hb-relevant gastrointestinal bleeding with melena and transfusion-refractory thrombopenia.

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Barrett’s carcinoma at the Z-line

Barrett’s carcinoma at the Z-line

Konsiliarische Vorstellung eines 47-Jährigen, multimorbiden Patienten bei dem in einem externen Krankenhaus zuvor mittels EMR ein Barrettfrühkarzinom abgetragen wurde. Trotz der basalen R1 Situation und

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Invasive amebiasis in the colon

Invasive amebiasis in the colon

Invasive amebiasis in the colon, with ulcerations in the right colon.

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Stomach: Light Blue Crest Sign for Intestinal Metaplasia

Stomach: Light Blue Crest Sign for Intestinal Metaplasia

Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia is a risk factor of intestinal-type gastric cancer, but WLI was not adequate to detect IM of stomach. NBI system with and

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Endoscopic diagnosis of celiac disease

Endoscopic diagnosis of celiac disease

Celiac disease is a chronic inflammation trigged by the ingestion of gluten and resulting in a dense infiltration of lymphocytes in the proximal small intestine.

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Neuroendocrine Gastric Tumors

Neuroendocrine Gastric Tumors

Among the gastric submucosal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors are a special entity, which also require examination of independent gastric mucosal biopsies for classification.

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Heterotopic gastric mucosa

Heterotopic gastric mucosa

Heterotope Magenschleimhaut des Ă–sophagus (heterotopic gastric mucosa, gastric inlet patch) entspricht funktionellem Magengewebe, das sich nicht an der anatomisch ĂĽblichen Lokalisation befindet. Sie ist in

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When the Z-line is not completely normal

When the Z-line is not completely normal

Depending on the patient’s degree of sedation and the examiner’s level of experience, carrying out a precise examination of the Z-line may not be very

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Polyp Classification: WASP (incl. SSA)

Polyp Classification: WASP (incl. SSA)

The following gallery of images is intended to present the newly evaluated characteristics in the WASP classification, but it also illustrates the problems that still

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Rectal NET Tumors

Rectal NET Tumors

Unclear smaller polyps in the rectum may represent a pitfall — if they do not look like perfectly typical hyperplasia or small adenomas, then carcinoids

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How can I identify sessile serrated adenomas?

How can I identify sessile serrated adenomas?

Flat polyps are difficult to identify and may be easily overlooked, particularly in the right colon, where there is sometimes limited bowel cleansing. If a