2-3 Fortunately, SPNs are low-grade malignant neoplasms that respond well to surgical resection, and this patient is doing just fine after her distal pancreatectomy. In this case, both the patient and our pathologist listened to their guts with the patient pursuing advanced medical care for some...
GAE is a parenchymal disease that occurs whenAcanthamoebaenters the body through the respiratory system or broken skin, spreads hematogenously, and invades the central nervous system.2,3.Risk factors include immunocompromised status, such as HIV/AIDS, history of organ transplant, uncontrolled diabetes ...
Patients receiving sodium alginate had fewer onsets of G3 esophagitis; however, differences compared with arm C were not significant (A vs. C: p = 0.46; B vs. C: p = 0.28). The rates of grade 3 or worse non-hematologic toxicities besides esophagitis were 29%, 26%, and 43% in arms...
Neutropenia was the most common toxicity during induction therapy (26% expressed grade 3-4) whereas esophagitis was the most common toxicity during concurrent phase (17.3% expressed grade 3-4); toxicities were manageable. Induction chemotherapy by docetaxel and cisplatin followed by weekly docetaxel ...
Yuan Y, Vinh B, Hunt RH: Nonhealed rate of moderate-severe (LA Classification Grade C and D) erosive esophagitis after 4–8 weeks proton pump inhibitors (PPIs): evidence of an unmet need. Gastroenterology 2009, 136(Suppl):A440.
An esophagastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at the time demonstrated erosive esophagitis with a visible vessel and was treated with a PPI. A repeat scope the following month no longer demonstrated a vessel but identified a 10 cm ulcerative gastric cardia mass at the GE junction. Forcep biopsies showed ...
反流性食管炎（Reflux esophagitis，RE），也称为胃食管反流病，是由食管抗反流功能下降、食管清除能力降低以及食管黏膜防御屏障作用减弱等因素引起的食管黏膜破损。此疾病通常伴随食管下括约肌异常和胃食管交界处结构改变，如食管裂孔疝，弱化了抗反流机制，使得胃内容物容易发生反流。此外，糖尿病、硬皮病等病症也常常...