Placement of metal stents is an effective therapy for patients with duodenal obstruction. Compared with palliative surgical treatment, it yields higher clinical success rates and shorter hospital stays [1,2]. Acute pancreatitis following this therapy has been reported only rarely. We report a case of acute pancreatitis following placement of a duodenal metal stent. A 59-year-old Chinese woman w...

condition of unknown etiology that is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration in the layers of the gastrointestinal tract [1]. It can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract but most commonly affects the stomach [1,2]. This report describes a rare case of EGE presenting as a perforated duodenal ulcer with subsequent duodenal stenosis. A 26-year-old manwas referred to us with duodenal o...

â  upper gastrointestinal tract (gastroduodenal) crohn’s disease (cd) is an uncommon condition, occurring in about 1-5% of all cd cases. our case was an extremely rare manifestation of cd, who presented with distal duodenal obstruction. as preoperative diagnosis was not estabâ­lished he underwent segmental resection and end-to-end anastomosis. postoperative small bowel fistulae were not obser...