ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 60 year old female who presented with diarrhoea and malabsorption syndrome, confirmed by the laboratory data and the radiologic examination, which developed after a journey to Egypt. The mainly finding was flattening of the villi in the jejunal biopsy; the syndrome recovered after treatment with antibiotics and folic acid. The case fulfills the diagnostic criteria of tropical sprue although this country is not considered as an endemic area.
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Sprue, Tropical , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Sprue, Tropical/diagnosis , Sprue, Tropical/drug therapyABSTRACT
We report the case of a female patient that fulfills major criteria of Behcet's disease. Multiple esophageal aphthous ulcers seen by endoscopy responded to therapy with steroids and colchicine.
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Behcet Syndrome/complications , Esophageal Diseases/etiology , Adult , Behcet Syndrome/diagnosis , Behcet Syndrome/drug therapy , Colchicine/administration & dosage , Drug Therapy, Combination , Esophageal Diseases/diagnosis , Esophageal Diseases/drug therapy , Esophagoscopy , Female , Humans , Prednisone/administration & dosage , Ulcer/diagnosis , Ulcer/drug therapy , Ulcer/etiologyABSTRACT
A patient was referred by Zone Cardiology due to the absence of heart disease in spite of a history suggestive of coronary ischemia and occasional dysphagia. We performed EDA and encountered a submucous mass that was depressible by the endoscope and pulsatile. Biopsy was not performed, but PA-lateral X-ray disclosed a large aortic aneurysm that was later confirmed by CAT.
