Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 12

Editorial
679-681
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.10027/2023
Verónica Martín Domínguez, Carolina Malagelada, Cecilio Santander,
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition that was described decades ago and has recently aroused special interest among both medical professionals and the general population, likely...
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Editorial
682-685
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9800/2023
Luis Téllez, Antonio Guerrero, Agustín Albillos Martínez,
Portal vein thrombosis is an uncommon complication in patients with cirrhosis, typically manifesting in the advanced stages of the disease. Although robust evidence is lacking, anticoagulation is indicated...
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Original
686-692
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9402/2022
Raúl Vicente Olmedo Martín, Juan María Vázquez Morón, María del Mar Martín Rodríguez, Marta Lázaro Sáez, Álvaro Hernández Martínez, Federico Argüelles-Arias,
Background: ustekinumab has proven effective in Crohn’s disease (CD). However, some patients will partially respond or lose response over time. Data supporting the effectiveness of dose escalation in this...
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Original
693-699
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9560/2023
Sergio Casabona Francés, Antonio Ruiz de León San Juan, Ancor Sanz García, Guillermo José Ortega Rabbione, Pedro Majano, María Teresa Pérez Fernández, Alfredo J. Lucendo, Cecilio Santander,
Background: active eosinophilic esophagitis is associated with esophageal caliber, distensibility and motility changes that may be reversed with treatment. Objectives: to study esophageal diameter, distensibility...
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Original
700-706
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9644/2023
Lara Blanco Terés, Elena Bermejo Marcos, Carlos Cerdán Santacruz, Alba Correa Bonito, Ana Rodríguez Sanchez, María Chaparro, Javier P. Gisbert, Javier García Septiem, Elena Martín-Pérez,
Background: the ideal clinical profile of patients or fistula features for fistula laser closure (FiLaC®) technique remain to be established. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical outcomes and...
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Original
707-712
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9345/2022
Jean Félix Piñerúa-Gonsálvez, María Lourdes Ruiz Rebollo, Rosanna del Carmen Zambrano-Infantino, María Antonella Rizzo-Rodríguez, Luis Fernández-Salazar,
Introduction: the C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio is an inflammatory marker that has shown promise in the prognosis of critically ill patients. This study is aimed to assess the value of CRP/albumin...
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Digestive Diseases Image
713-714
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.9221/2022
Víctor Admella, Carla Bettónica, Maria José Paules,
The omphalomesenteric or vitelline duct is an embryonic structure that communicates the yolk sac with the midgut, obliterating between 5-9 weeks of intrauterine life. Persistence of the omphalomesenteric...
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Digestive Diseases Image
715-716
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.9237/2022
Branko Bakula, Zeljka Belosic Halle, Dinko Bekic, Andrija Karacic,
Endoscopic finding of invaginated appendiceal stump mimicking polyp is very rare. We present a case of patient with appendiceal stump mimicking cecal polyp covered with dysplastic mucosa which makes it...
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Digestive Diseases Image
717-718
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.9225/2022
Shengduo He, Hong Jiang, Huahong Wang,
An 83-year-old female, suffering from abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, was admitted to our hospital. Gas-liquid level and tumor was not seen on the abdominal computed tomography scan. Instead, two...
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Letter
719-720
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9505/2023
Manuel García-Redondo, José Ruiz Pardo, Pedro Antonio Sánchez Fuentes, Elisabet Vidaña Márquez, Ricardo Belda Lozano, Álvaro Pérez-Rodríguez, Íñigo Gorostiaga, Ángel Reina Duarte,
We present the third case described to date of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma located at the esophagogastric junction (LCNEC). Esophageal neuroendocrine tumours account for 0.03-0.05% of all malignant...
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Letter
720-721
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9520/2023
Irene Maya Senosiain, Pablo Sánchez Acedo, María Rosario Mercado Gutiérrez, Rocío Ruiz Marzo, Aitor Ariceta López, Antonio Tarifa Castilla, Cruz Zazpe Ripa, Javier Herrera Cabezón,
We present a sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) case report in a 60 year-old-woman. SANT is an extremely rare benign disease of the spleen that it is radiologically similar to malignant...
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Letter
721-722
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9523/2023
Raquel Ortigão, Raquel Isidoro, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Diogo Libânio,
Here we report a case of a 61-year-old woman who underwent en-bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of a 10mm depressed lesion (Paris 0-IIc, Figure A) in the mid-esophagus. Histopathology showed...
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Letter
722-723
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9483/2023
Carlos Maroto Martin, Paula María Molina Terrón, Estíbaliz Obregón Martínez, Samuel Juan Fernández Prada, Miryam Moreta Rodríguez,
The inflammatory myoglandular or Nakamura polyp is a very rare polyp, with about 100 cases having been described in the literature. It has specific endoscopic and histological characteristics, making its...
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Letter
723-724
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9533/2023
Chengbo Li, Qingfu Zhang, Ying Wen,
MSP is a rare and atypical form of benign granulomatous inflammation characterised by tumour-like local proliferation of spindle-shaped histiocytes containing acid-fast positive mycobacteria, which should...
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Letter
724-725
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9534/2023
Patricia Gonzalez-Ballesteros, José Guillermo de la Mora Levy, Edgardo Amaya-Fragoso, Beatriz Alejandra Sánchez Jíménez,
We are writing to make endoscopists aware of the paramount of a prompt diagnosis of gastrointestinal Kaposi sarcoma (GI-KS). Patients with GI involvement have a two to five times higher risk of death and...
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Letter
725-726
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9518/2023
José Antonio Aguirre Sánchez-Cambronero, David Rodríguez-Bobada Caraballo, Carlos Martínez Flores, Natividad Sánchez-Manjavacas Muñoz,
A 72-year-old woman was referred from primary care to the gastroenterology clinic because of heartburn and occasional dysphagia for the last 8 years, with some isolated food regurgitation events and no...
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Letter
726-727
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9525/2023
Modesto Varas Lorenzo,
Clinical experience is herein reported with somatostatin analogues (octreotide and lanreotide) in the management of 10 CS out of a series of 14 collected cases of carcinoid syndrome (CS).
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Letter
727-728
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9578/2023
Carlos Maroto, Aida Fiz-López, Raquel Pastor, David Bernardo, José Antonio Garrote, Eduardo Arranz, Luis Fernández Salazar,
Breath tests with glucose, lactulose or lactitol are useful for diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Nevertheless, they have suboptimal sensitivity and specificity and, indeed, are...
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Letter
728-729
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9749/2023
Yaoting Li, Hao Wang, Tingting Yu, Senlin Hou, Lichao Zhang,
Biliary metal stent implantation is an effective treatment for malignant obstructive jaundice. But it's well known that stents put in for a long time can become occluded and cause jaundice and cholangitis....
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Letter
729-731
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9562/2023
Jorge Luna-Abanto, Josefina Lopez-Dominguez, Elena Pina, Inma Camprubí, Emilio Ramos, Laura Lladó,
A 74-year-old female was admitted for painless jaundice. Laboratory tests showed hyperbilirubinemia, cholestasis, normal coagulation, and Ca19-9:163U/L. The CT-scan reported dilation of the intrahepatic...
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Letter
731-732
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9546/2023
Maria Manuela Estevinho, Rolando Pinho, João Carlos Silva, Teresa Freitas,
We report the use of three partially overlapping over-the-scope clips to close a perforated ESD eschar. This case illustrates the relevance of prompt acting to ensure ESD safety and reinforces the feasibility...
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Letter
732-733
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9543/2023
Victor Argumánez Tello, Cristina Sánchez-Montes, Alejandro Mínguez Sabater, Mónica Bauza, Marco Bustamante-Balén,
Endoscopic findings in primary or secondary intestinal lymphoma are non-specific, which can lead to finding a polyp, an ulcer or a completely normal mucosa. As a matter of fact, this makes having a high...
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Letter
733-734
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9521/2023
Jorge Chóliz Ezquerro, Daniel Aparicio López, Santiago García López, Carlos Hörndler Argárate, Mario Serradilla Martín,
We present the case of a 34-year-old man with daily vomiting and 20% weight loss in a year. A gastroduodenoscopy was performed, noticing 2nd and 3rd duodenal portion dilatation and inflammatory involvement...
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Letter
734-735
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9517/2023
Clara Navarro Peiró, Lidia Martí Romero, Laura Peño Muñoz, Carlos Boix Clemente, Magdalena Agnieszka Pasek, Gloria Alemany Pérez, Maria Dolores Pérez Zahonero, Vanesa Martínez Escapa,
Up until approximately 10 years ago, the treatment for acute refractory esophageal variceal bleeding was balloon tamponading. Esophageal fully covered self-expanding stents are considered as effective...
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Letter
735-736
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9757/2023
Andrea García Soria, Alicia Brotons Brotons, Eva Girona Torres, Irene Pascual Sánchez, Asuncion Ojeda Gómez, Julia Sáez Fuster, Mariana Fe García Sepulcre, Javier Sola-Vera Sánchez,
NETs (neuroendocrine tumors) constitute a heterogeneous group of epithelial-type neoplasms with a predominantly neuroendocrine differentiation. Although the most common locations are the pancreas, digestive...
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Letter
736-737
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9673/2023
Fernando Berdugo Hurtado, Alfredo Ortiz Sánchez, Beatriz Zúñiga de Mora Figueroa, Andrés Barrientos Delgado,
55-year-old male with a history of cholecystectomy complicated by perforation of the common bile duct, contained with placement of a plastic biliary stent. He presented several subsequent episodes of recurrent...
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Letter
737-738
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9651/2023
Cláudio Rodrigues, Diana Martins, Nuno Dias, Américo Silva,
A 63-year-old woman presented with dyspepsia de novo. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a 30 mm flat yellowish esophageal lesion, 28 cm from the incisors (Fig. 1a), with the stomach and duodenum without...
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Letter
738-739
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9643/2023
Marta Quiñones Calvo, Raquel Gómez Perosanz, Nelson Daniel Salazar Parada, Lucía Guerrero Fernández-Reyes, Lorena Jara Fernández, Rubén Alvarado Jara, Elena Gómez Domínguez,
Less than 5% of patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) with portal hypertension (PH) develop atypical shunt (in regions other than the esophagus or the stomach). Within this group are varices associated with...
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Letter
739-740
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9630/2023
Sandra Borrego Rivas, Ana Belén Domínguez Carbajo, Alia Martín Izquierdo, Sandra Díez Ruiz, Irene Latras Cortés, Francisco Jorquera Plaza,
We report the case of a middle-aged man who had undergone two diagnostic laparoscopies with no significant findings after he was attended at the emergency department with cramping pain, abdominal distention...
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Letter
740-741
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.10110/2023
Wei Zhang, Sen-Lin Hou, Jiao Tian, Li-Chao Zhang,
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) accounted for 5.0%~7.5% of pancreatic tumors and 21%~33% of cystic tumors. It usually occurs in people aged 60 to 70. The main treatment is surgical excision....
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Letter
741-742
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9927/2023
Maria Manuela Estevinho, João Varanda, Rolando Pinho, Fernando Viveiros, Susana Graça, Carlos Soares, Antónia Póvoa, Manuel Oliveira,
We describe a case of coexistence of multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and pheochromocytoma in a 32-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis type 1. The coexistence of these two conditions...
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Letter
742
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9831/2023
Sara Archer, Daniela Ferreira, Ana Teresa Ferreira, Sofia Ponte, Cidalina Caetano, Marta Salgado, Paula Lago, Isabel Pedroto,
Tofacitinib is an oral small molecule JAK inhibitor approved for the treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Its efficacy and safety have been demonstrated in phase III clinical trials...
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Letter
742-744
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9870/2023
Wenpeng Huang, Yongkang Qiu, Aixiang Wang, Lei Kang,
We present a case of a 67-year-old male presenting with severe abdominal pain, laboratory tests revealed IgG levels of 63.5 g/L, IgG4 levels of 63.7 g/L, and negative results for ANCA (Anti-Neutrophil...
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Letter
744-745
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9872/2023
Jin-Yan Zhang, Bao-Zhong Fu, Zhi-Kun Yin, Ji Li,
A 29-year-old male presented with recurrent mucous bloody stools for more than a year. Colonoscopy revealed ill-defined, mildly congested and edematous mucosa with scattered erosion spots in the lower...
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Letter
745-746
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9957/2023
Adriana Ortega Larrode, Lonore Hurtado de Mendoza, Hebert Omar Palomino Donayre, Sara Mata Casado, Juliana Botero Pérez, Leonardo Blas Jhon, Sergio Farrais Villalba,
Dieulafoy's lesion is a rare vascular malformation that can cause massive acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage threatening the patient's life. This correspondence to the editor outlines the clinical presentation...
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Letter
746-747
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9908/2023
Maria Manuela Estevinho, Rolando Pinho, Jaime Rodrigues, Sónia Fernandes, João Correia, Pedro Mesquita, Teresa Freitas,
We report the successful removal of a giant esophageal leiomyoma using submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection in a 37-year-old woman with significant dysphagia.
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Letter
747-748
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9858/2023
Manuel García-Redondo, Daniel González Sánchez, Daniel Cabañó-Muñoz, María del Mar Rico-Morales, Martín de Jesús Rodríguez-Perdomo, José López-Fernández, Juan Torres-Melero, Ángel Reina-Duarte,
Hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the genus Echinococcus. Humans are an accidental intermediate host. The main organ affected is the liver (70%). The incidence increases in endemic...
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Letter
748-749
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.10085/2023
Enrique Barbeito Castro, Marta García Calonge, Matías Ferrán Escobedo Martínez, Alin Marian Iacob, María Auxiliadora Bermúdez Alarcón, Adolfo Suárez González, Óscar González Bernardo,
The lymphangioma is a rare and very uncommon benign tumor at the gastric level. Its diagnosis typically involves imaging tests and endoscopy, and its treatment usually involves surgery. We present a case...
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Letter
749-750
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9915/2023
María Gómez Otero, Eduardo Valdivielso Cortázar, Carlos Miñones Ginarte, Lucía Madarnás Alonso, Lucía Pérez Vior, Ignacio Couto Wörner, José Souto Ruzo, Pedro Antonio Alonso Aguirre,
A case of a patient with symptoms of gastric obstruction secondary to cholecystogastric fistula is presented and a brief review of the literature is done.
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Letter
750-751
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9803/2023
Silvia Fernández Noël, Alberto García Picazo, Julia Gutiérrez de Prado, Blanca Otero Torrón, Diego Jara Casas, Cristina Garfia Castillo, Óscar Caso Maestro, Carlos Jiménez Romero,
Melanoma is a cancer that frequently metastasises to the small bowel, but most cases are asymptomatic and are diagnosed postmortem. Therefore, CT and PET CT cannot detect all lesions and conventional endoscopic...
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