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What's Your Diagnosis?
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What's Your Diagnosis?
A Man With Throbbing, Severe Anal Pain
10/25/2023
A 50-year-old man with no significant medical history and no prior colonoscopy presented to our clinic with severe, constant, throbbing anal pain that had been worsening over the past 5 days.
10/25/2023
Original Research
gut microbiome
Original Research
Frequency and Clinical Characteristics of Abnormal Sucrase Enzyme Activity in Pediatric Patients
04/21/2023
In this original research article, the authors aimed to determine the frequency and clinical characteristics of abnormal sucrase activity in pediatric patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy and...
04/21/2023
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The String Sign: A Rare Radiologic Manifestation of Crohn Disease
03/10/2022
A 35-year-old woman with a medical history significant only for appendectomy presented to the emergency department with right lower-quadrant abdominal pain over the past 2 weeks.
03/10/2022
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Complications from an Atypical Presentation of a Cholecystoduodenal Fistula
05/08/2020
A 78-year-old woman presented to the hospital with 1-day history of biliary colic, emesis, and diarrhea. Her medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes with neuropathy, dyslipidemia, and...
05/08/2020
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Gastric Varices Originating From an Aberrant Spleno-Gastro-Renal Venous Circulation
02/06/2020

Vinh-Quang Do Nguyen, DO
Corpus Christi Medical Center – Bay Area, Corpus Christi, Texas

Raghujit Singh, MD
Abdominal Specialists of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas

Vinh-Quang Do Nguyen, DO Corpus Chris...
A 72-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, degenerative joint disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
02/06/2020
Case Report
Case Report
Celiac Disease: Chronic Abdominal Pain and Constipation
12/02/2019
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease triggered by the introduction of gluten into the diet, which promotes immune-mediated destruction of small intestinal mucosa with subsequent inflammation, crypt...
12/02/2019
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Photoclinic
Bezoar as a Result of Plastikophagia
09/11/2019
An 18-year-old young man presented to the emergency department (ED) with concern for a 10-day history of vomiting.
09/11/2019
Case In Point
Case In Point
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Teenage Boy With Food Impaction
02/13/2013

KIM WATERHOUSE, MD
SSM Health Care,

JOSE DERDOY, MD
Saint Louis University 

DAVID S. BRINK, MD
St LouisMercy Clinic, St Louis

Dr Waterhouse is an allergy/immunology physician at SSM Health Care in St Louis. Dr Derdoy is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Mercy Clinic in St Louis. Dr Brink is associate professor of pathology and pediatrics and director of the residency training program in the department of pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St Louis.

Case In Point
An Intriguing Diagnosis 

KIM WATERHOUSE, MD SSM Health Ca...
Eosinophilic Esophagitis is characterized by an eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus that is suspected to be a reaction to an antigen.
02/13/2013