1/6. Unusual gastrointestinal features in a child with pernicious anemia.Pernicious anemia in childhood is a rare disease. The radiologic demonstration of gastric mucosal atrophy led directly to this diagnosis in an 11-year-old girl. In addition, there was deformity of the pyloric antrum and superficial ulceration in the stomach and duodenum. endoscopy and biopsy confirmed these findings.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/6. Gastric sarcoidosis presenting with haematemesis.sarcoidosis is a very rare disease in singapore. Sarcoid granuloma involving the stomach alone is even more rare, and only about 21 cases have been reported in the literature up to 1953 (Scott et alii, 1953). In a review of the literature, Wadina and Melamed (1966) found 34 cases of granulomatous involvement of the stomach, all purporting to be sarcoidosis. However, on closer examination of the evidence, many of these 34 cases of so-called sarcoidosis of the stomach were subject to doubt. Bleeding from gastric sarcoidosis is also rare, and only about eight cases have been reported in the literature up to 1970. The present report presents a further example of this rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and attempts to review the significance of sarcoid granulomas in the stomach.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/6. Complicated peptic ulcer disease in childhood: an overlooked diagnosis.Primary peptic ulceration is no longer regarded as a rare disease of childhood, but its exact incidence and pathogenesis remain debatable. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy, who presented with a perforated primary gastric ulcer, a rare complication in this age group.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/6. Pneumopyopericardium.Pneumopyopericardium is a rare disease, the etiology of which can be traumatic or non-traumatic. Today the most common cause of non-traumatic disease seems to be ulceration or carcinoma in the lower esophagus or upper stomach. The present cases were caused by ulcerations in two patients and a postoperative penetrating abscess in the third. All had connections with surgery in the region. Chest radiography disclosing fluid and gas in the expanded pericardium was the main diagnostic method. The prognosis is poor and all three patients died.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/6. Perforated gastric ulcer in children. Case report.12-year-old boy in whom a benign gastric ulcer perforated into the free abdominal cavity is reported. He has underwent emergency operation with a preoperative diagnosis of acute peritonitis due to perforation of peptic ulcer. Gastric ulcer is a rare disease of childhood. The illness was discussed in view of the literature.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/6. Gastric mucormycosis due to rhizopus oryzae in a renal transplant recipient.Gastric mucormycosis is a rare disease with a reported fatal outcome of 98%. Manifestations range from colonization of peptic ulcers to infiltrative disease with vascular invasion and dissemination. In our renal transplant patient a deep gastric ulceration infected with rhizopus oryzae (class Zygomycetes), which is known to be an agent of mucormycosis, was diagnosed in the early posttransplant period after antirejection therapy. The infection was successfully managed with amphotericin b and omeprazole.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |