A strange epigastric pain

A strange epigastric pain

A 53-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and Stage 2 chronic kidney disease was hospitalized for early satiety, nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan confirmed the presence of multiple bilateral renal cysts, and a markedly enlarged liver due to the presence of multiple enormous cysts (the biggest one 20 × 16 cm) occupyin...

Epigastric pain in duodenal ulcer.

Severe epigastric pain following a birthday party.

Epigastric pain is a very common symptom which can be caused by a wide range of clinical conditions. A 28 year old male presented to our clinic with new onset severe epigastric pain. As part of the routine work up for pain of this nature, we proceeded to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. A toothpick was found lodged in the antral gastric wall with a resulting inflammatory mass abutting the free...

Dysphagia lusoria presenting as epigastric pain.

Daher H, Al Hadidi S. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223687 Description A 36-year-old African–American woman with medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis, protein S deficiency and recurrent deep venous thrombosis presented to outpatient clinic complaining of epigastric pain associated with nausea, vomiting and unintentional weight loss. Esophagogastroduodenosco...

A strange case of cervical pain

A 56-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever, progressive fatigue, bilateral shoulder pain, paresthesias and stiffness after awakening. Differential diagnosis were several diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and infectious spondylitis. Routine laboratory assays showed mild anemia and increased markers of inflammation. The worsening of clinical conditions led to performi...