endoscopy
Multiple Duodenal Erosions due to Salmonella...
Salmonella syndromes can be divided into gastroenteritis, enteric fever, bacteremia, localized infection, and a chronic carrier state.
Two Ulcers in a Cirrhotic Patient - Assessment...
More images and video clips of this video endoscopic sequence.
Two Ulcers in a Cirrhotic Patient - Retroflexed...
Retroflexed view. Peptic ulcer in these patients is very often asymptomatic and associated with concurrent complications, especially in those with more severe liver disease. The complication rate...
Gastric Cancer - Assessment of Very Deep Ulcer,...
Gastric cancer is an uncommon cause of hemorrhage in the United States, but it remains a major problem in non-Western countries; worldwide, it is the leading cause of digestive cancer deaths
Gastric Cancer - Assessment of Very Deep Ulcer,...
As the ulcer burrows deeper into the gastroduodenal mucosa, the process causes weakening and necrosis of the arterial wall, leading to the development of a pseudoaneurysm. The weakened wall ruptures,...
Gastric Cancer - Source of Bleeding
Exsanguinating hemorrhage has been reported from larger vessels. The larger vessels are located deeper in the gastric and duodenal submucosa and serosa. Larger branches of the left gastric artery are...
Gastric Cancer - Endoscopic Assessment of the...
Gastrointestinal bleeding in such elderly people can originate from lesions common to all age-groups or from lesions associated specifically with aging. In elderly people, morbidity and mortality from...
Gastric Cancer - A Large Ulcer at the the Posterior...
A large ulcer was found at the posterior wall of the gastric fundus, the biopsies showed to be an adenocarcinoma. In elderly patients who have gastrointestinal bleeding, immediate attention should...
Gastric Cancer - 84 Years-Old Male
This 84 year-old, female underwent an upper endoscopy due to a epigastric pain, finding dark red blood, stigmata of bleeding. Gastrointestinal bleeding affects a substantial number of elderly people...
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Esophageal...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the esophagus are rare, comprising only about 1% of reported GISTs Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common sarcoma of the gastrointestinal...
Congenital Esophageal Rings - 17 Years-Old Female
This 17 year old lady had dysphagia since her childhood Multiple esophageal rings are a very unusual cause of dysphagia, Esophageal rings usually exist as a single lesion but can be multiple. Several...
Acute Variceal Bleeding - Retroflexed View of...
Retroflexed image of the cardias and esophagus the status post banding is observed.