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This is the case of a 30-year-old female patient who, two days after undergoing open appendectomy, developed rectal bleeding and abdominal pain accompanied by signs of hemodynamic instability, necessitating exploratory laparotomy.
Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of Entamoeba histolytica infection. We report the case of a 27-year-old man from Cape Verde presenting with a one-month history of right upper quadrant pain, diarrhoea, and weight loss. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a...
A case of amoxicillin-clavulanate-induced ischemic colitis in a young male without comorbidities is reported, and following cessation of the medication, he demonstrated full clinical resolution of his symptoms.
A 61-year-old male farmer from Itaiçaba, Ceará, Brazil, with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who presented with prolonged fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss is reported, highlighting an atypical disseminated presentation and reinforces clinical suspicion of melioidosis in diabetic patients with visceral abscesses in ende...
A 71-year-old man presented with oral ulcer, abdominal pain, and weight loss, and follow-up esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed healing ulcers.
Invasive gastrointestinal aspergillosis is rare and typically occurs in immunocompromised hosts. We present a case of a 24-year-old man with intermittent corticosteroid use presenting with diarrhea and abdominal pain found to have toxic megacolon on imaging. He developed colonic necrosis and perforation requiring emerg...
In immunocompromised patients with multifocal bowel thickening and perforation, CMV enteritis should be considered even when preoperative imaging suggests an alternative source.
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