The American journal of gastroenterology

A 38-yr-old nulliparous female presented with endometriosis of the terminal ileum which mimicked the clinical, roentgenographic, and surgical findings of Crohn's disease. The patient presented with diarrhea, right lower quadrant pain, fever…

A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of six cases of deciduosis of the appendix is presented. The patients were pregnant women aged 18-40 years. In four cases, the patients presented with signs and symptoms of acute appendiciti…

A 39-yr-old female on high-dose Danazol presented with jaundice and pruritus. Danazol-induced cholestasis was suspected, and the drug was discontinued. A liver biopsy revealed panlobular cholestasis with portal and periportal inflammation. …

We report an unusual case of biliary obstruction secondary to adenomyoma of the common bile duct. Adenomyomas are benign tumors, found infrequently in the biliary tree. Clinical presentation, biochemical, radiographic, and endoscopic invest…

A 33-yr-old Japanese woman, married, no parity, was treated for endometriosis. Danazol 400 mg a day was initiated on September 25, 1986, for 21 consecutive days. She became severely constipated and had left lower abdominal colic pain. Five …

We report a case of noninvasive carcinoma of the gallbladder arising in the surface mucosa of localized type adenomyomatosis. It was first detected as a polypoid lesion during routine examination with ultrasonography. The gross appearance o…

A 38-yr-old woman presented with abdominal pain, hematochezia, and fever of 7 days' duration. Computerized tomographic scanning revealed a mass 6 cm in diameter adherent to the sigmoid colon. At surgery, the mass was determined to be an end…

A case of small intestinal obstruction in an 82-yr-old woman caused by an ileoileal intussusception is reported. At the leading point of the intussusceptum an adenomyomatous hamartoma was found. In a review of the literature we were unable …

A 21-yr-old woman with a history of epigastric pain and a right upper quadrant mass was found to have a large parenchymal hepatic cyst on CT scan. The cyst was removed at surgery and found to be lined by ectopic endometrial tissue. This is,…

This is the first report of the simultaneous occurrence of mucinous carcinoid and endometriosis in an inside-out appendix. The literature concerning carcinoids, endometriosis and intussusception of the appendix is reviewed. The mucinous, or…