ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Pain Center

May 15th, 2021 - We report the case of a 50-year-old Tibetan man who presented to an outpatient urology clinic after abdominal ultrasound for poorly defined abdominal pain demonstrated horseshoe kidney (HK) with a right moiety ~3.7 cm mass further characterised us...

May 15th, 2021 - To evaluate the relationship between parental injury and illness and disorders of gut brain interaction (DGBI) in children. A self-controlled case series using data from the Military Health System Data Repository compared ICD-9 identified DGBI rel...

May 15th, 2021 - Joint hypermobility (JH) is associated with autonomic nervous system dysregulation and functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs). Understanding the neurophysiological processes linking these conditions can inform clinical interventions. Autonomi...

May 14th, 2021 - Ovarian abscesses, which occur mostly in sexually active women via recurrent salpingitis, occur rarely in virginal adolescent girls. Here, we present a case of an ovarian abscess in a virginal adolescent girl who was diagnosed and treated by lapar...

May 13th, 2021 - Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the USA and rarely metastasises to the gastric wall. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman with medical history of stage II-B breast cancer who presented with epigastric abdominal pain and ...

Nov 27th, 2020 - COVID-19 is a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Early reported symptoms include fever, cough, and respiratory symptoms. There were few reports of digestive symptoms. However, with COVID-19 spreading w...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) results from the inability to achieve adequate postprandial intestinal blood flow, usually from atherosclerotic occlusive disease at the origins of the mesenteric vessels. Patients typically present with postprand...

May 6th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

Sep 10th, 2019 - Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDX), a specialized biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative first-in-class medicines to improve treatment for people with cardiorenal diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration h...

Jul 24th, 2019 - Adnexal torsion is the fifth most common gynecologic emergency. The most common ovarian pathologies found in adolescents with adnexal torsion are benign functional ovarian cysts and benign teratomas. Torsion of malignant ovarian masses in this pop...

May 15th, 2021 - We report the case of a 50-year-old Tibetan man who presented to an outpatient urology clinic after abdominal ultrasound for poorly defined abdominal pain demonstrated horseshoe kidney (HK) with a right moiety ~3.7 cm mass further characterised us...

May 15th, 2021 - To evaluate the relationship between parental injury and illness and disorders of gut brain interaction (DGBI) in children. A self-controlled case series using data from the Military Health System Data Repository compared ICD-9 identified DGBI rel...

May 15th, 2021 - Joint hypermobility (JH) is associated with autonomic nervous system dysregulation and functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs). Understanding the neurophysiological processes linking these conditions can inform clinical interventions. Autonomi...

May 14th, 2021 - Ovarian abscesses, which occur mostly in sexually active women via recurrent salpingitis, occur rarely in virginal adolescent girls. Here, we present a case of an ovarian abscess in a virginal adolescent girl who was diagnosed and treated by lapar...

May 13th, 2021 - Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the USA and rarely metastasises to the gastric wall. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman with medical history of stage II-B breast cancer who presented with epigastric abdominal pain and ...

May 9th, 2021 - Errors are inevitable, which is why good systems have built-in processes that require double-checking activities and results. But when the "double-check" gets overlooked, all of that effort can come to naught. A woman in her mid-40s with a history...

May 3rd, 2021 - The British Society of Gastroenterology has published new guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Here's a summary of the key recommendations: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline definitio...

Feb 8th, 2021 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Nov 27th, 2020 - COVID-19 is a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Early reported symptoms include fever, cough, and respiratory symptoms. There were few reports of digestive symptoms. However, with COVID-19 spreading w...

Oct 21st, 2020 - The correct diagnosis is sinus rhythm, LVH, and normal T waves (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Dr Podrid. Discussion The ECG shows a normal P wave (+) before each QRS complex with a stable and normal PR interval and a stable PP interval with a r...