Gastroenterology
- Pancreatitis: The great masquerader?
Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis syndrome mimics rheumatologic disease, often presenting without abdominal pain.
- How should we diagnose and manage checkpoint inhibitor-associated colitis?
Rule out infection, especially Clostridium difficile, then order colonoscopy or computed tomography.
- An unusual complication of peritoneal dialysis
A 45-year-old man, on peritoneal dialysis for 15 years, presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever.
- Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?
Consider laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis, expectant management for asymptomatic cases.
- Gas under the right diagphragm (February 2018)
Errors occurred in Matsuura H, Hata H. Gas under the right diaphragm. Cleve Clin J Med 2018; 85(2):98–100.
- Primary care management of chronic pelvic pain in women
While referral may eventually be indicated, primary care doctors can take steps to diagnose and manage the condition.
- Fever after recent travel
The patient had been taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor and had recently returned from Mexico.
- Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.