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Hematemesis or melena are caused by acute bleeding from the upper GI tract or the mouth or pharynx. Profuse hematemesis is a very common hospital emergency that still caries an 8%- 14% hospital ...
Pancreatic carcinoma is a debilitating disease and carries a poor prognosis. It is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, even though pancreas, stomach, duodenum and jejunum are adjacent ...
Metaplasia represents the process of transforming a well-differentiated adult tissue into another type of adult tissue. Pancreatic metaplasia of the gastric mucosa represents the process in which the ...
Endometriosis is defined as the growth of endometrial glands or stroma outside the uterine cavity.1 Intestinal endometriosis is relatively uncommon, occurring in 5% of women with ...
The authors present the case of a 44-year-old American Indian woman with hematemesis, spontaneous cutaneous hemorrhages, and multiple ecchymoses. Coagulation factor analyses demonstrated both ...
GI blood loss is a common problem in dogs, but many dogs do not show signs until it gets to be very severe. Endoscopy is the most important and valuable diagnostic tool, but you should do ultrasound ...
A 32-year-old woman presented with a one day history of substernal, constant, non-radiating chest pain with associated abdominal discomfort, nausea, and vomiting of small amounts of blood of two days ...
Jejunogastric intussusception (JGI) is a rare complication of gastric surgery. We describe a patient who presented with epigastric pain and bilous vomiting followed by hematemesis,10 years after ...
Hemoptysis is the spitting of blood that originated in the lungs or bronchial tubes. The patient's history should help determine the amount of blood and differentiate between hemoptysis, ...
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