Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare inflammatory disorder of gastrointestinal tract characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall. It can mimic many gastrointestinal disorders due to its wide spectrum of presentations. Diagnose is mostly based on excluding other disorders and a high suspicion. Here we report a case of 26 year old man with a history of sever epigastric pa...

An 80-year-old male was admitted with a 15-h history of persistent epigastric and peri umbilical pain. Pain had spontaneously appeared during night and awakened the patient. There was neither nausea nor vomiting. Physical examination revealed moderate epigastric and supraumbilical abdominal tenderness. The patient was without surgical antecedent. Laboratory tests were normal. Abdominal ultrasou...

A 44-year-old male veterinarian from the Kyrgyz Republic has been living in the Czech Republic for the last 18 months. He has a history of vomiting, nausea and epigastric pain which always lasted approximately one hour. The vomiting and epigastric pain worsened, and would persist for several hours, so he was hospitalised in May 2005. Physical examination revealed stable vital signs; the abdomen...

following an outbreak: of human fascioliasis in gilan province of iran in 1989, the benzimidazole derivative triclabendazole (tcbz) was suggested as the drug of choice after finding out that routine drugs were not effective. two studies were performed: a clinical trial (before/after type) in 1989 and a historical cohort (1989- 1995) to examine the efficacy of the drug. tcbz was administered to ...

Introduction: A prospective study was carried out, with the aim of establishing clinical manifestations cholelithiasis in population Quito, Ecuador. Methods: During period from January 2012 to October 2017, 534 patients were referred different outpatient clinics Ecuadorian Institute Social Security Batan Medical Center diagnosis after a assessment and abdominal ultrasound, be treated surgically...

Background Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a technique in the restrictive category of bariatric procedures that reduces the gastric volume and increases intragastric pressure. Nausea and vomiting are the most common complications after this procedure. The goal of this research is to compare the combined effect of promethazine/dexamethasone versus Metoclopramide/ dexamethasone on the pre...

Correspondence To the Editor: A 20‑year‑old female college student and soccer player presented to the Emergency Department with acute onset of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. On the morning of presentation, she woke up with sudden onset of epigastric pain that was constant and 10/10 in severity. The patient denied any obstipation, constipation, diarrhea, any recent trauma to the abdomen, ...

Agenesis of dorsal pancreas (ADP) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly that results from defective development of pancreas. Most ADP patients are asymptomatic; if symptomatic, they present with epigastric pain. About half of affected individuals develop diabetes mellitus (DM), resulting from reduced islet cell mass secondary to the absence of endocrine structures. Being very rare, it is gene...