Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana

In the emergency setting, right lower quadrant pain is a common clinical scenario. While acute appendicitis is the most relevant cause, there is a wide differential diagnosis. Valentino syndrome is a rare entity in which gastric or duodenal…

A case of a 42 years-old woman suffering from lower abdominal pain, constipation and rectal bleeding during menses is reported. A barium enema showed an extrinsic filling defect on the rectosigmoid junction. Laparoscopy confirmed the clinic…

Two patients who complained of a clinical picture compatible with cholelithiasis; and in whom the diagnosis of ascariasis of the gallbladder was made sonographically, are reported. In the first patient, cholecystectomy was curative and corr…