A Man with Diarrhea

A man with fever, cough, diarrhea and a coated tongue.

A 32-year-old man with copious, watery diarrhea.

A man with dilated superficial abdominal veins.

Background: The clinical presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) varies tremendously depending upon the type of lymphoma and the areas of involvement. NHL can rarely present as an abdominal mass compressing the inferior vena cava. The clinical presentation due to obstruction of inferior vena cava has often been called the inferior vena cava syndrome (IVCS). It can present acutely or chronica...

A middle age addicted man with caustic stomach

Background: The term caustic generally refers to alkaline and the term corrosive generally refers to acidic agents' injury however, in medical literature caustic is frequently a term applied to both substances. Ingested alkali typically damage the esophagus more than stomach or duodenum, whereas acids usually cause more severe gastric injury. Since esophagus has a slightly alkaline pH, its epit...

Case 25-2014: A man with ulcerative colitis and bloody diarrhea.

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