A case of Meckel's diverticulum in a middle-aged man presenting acutely with haematemesis and melaena is reported. Such a presentation has not to our knowledge been previously reported in this age group.

El leiomioma gástrico es un tumor submucosa benigno que se deriva de las fibras musculares lisas. Suele ser asintomático y en ocasiones presenta ulceración del a mucosa gástrica o sangrado digestivo bajo. diagnóstico histopatológico. Se el caso una mujer 55 años edad con melena 2 meses evolución.

Results — Hemosuccus pancreaticus occurred in chronic alcoholic pancreatitis (N=8) and chronic familial pancreatitis (N=1). Seven patients (77.8%) presented overt digestive bleeding (one melena, two hematochezia, two melena with hematochezia, one hematemesis, one hemorrhagic shock). The inaugural sign was anemia in one patient and epigastric pain in another. An upper digestive endoscopy, perfor...

We report a rare case of metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to the small bowel that presented as a pedunculated epithelial polyp. A 60-year-old man with liver cirrhosis type B was treated for HCC (stage IVb) at our hospital. He had been admitted for melena and anemia. Capsule endoscopy was performed in this patient with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. It showed a polypoid lesion wi...

A 57-year-old man presented with fatigue and 2-week history of melena. Medical history included acromegaly and a desmoid tumor invading the superior mesenteric artery, causing a cardiac arrest 11 years earlier. Exam revealed no abdominal tenderness, melena in the rectum, and a hemoglobin of 4.8 gm/dL. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy revealed no source of bleeding. Capsule endoscop...

Gastrointestinal cryptococcosis is extremely rare with only a few case reports found in the literature and involvement primarily identified post-mortem. This is a case of 54-year-old man with a 20-year history of poorly controlled human immunodeficiency virus presented with constitutional symptoms along with melena. Diagnostic work up with esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed 4 irregular ulcers in...