Background A 25-year-old woman presented with a history of abdominal pain. Endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract revealed a tumor that protruded into the prepyloric antrum. After resection, a ...

Napoleon Bonaparte died on 5 May 1821, 6 years after his arrival at the South Atlantic island of St Helena where he had been sent into perpetual exile by the British. The Emperor's death, made ...

Xanthomata, also known as xanthelasmas or lipid islands, are described endoscopically as small, single or multiple yellowish-white nodules or plaques of the gastric mucosa. They rarely occur in other ...

IT is not uncommon to encounter a middle-aged patient who for a number of years has suffered from ulcer and who, weary of his recurrent trials, seeks relief in surgery. Physicians are now less ...

A sixty-five-year-old man entered the hospital complaining of constipation and abdominal pain. The patient had always considered himself well and did heavy daily labor, lifting 50-pound cans without ...