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Does Extended Use of Clopidogrel-Based Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy Increase the Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding?Clopidogrel-based dual anti-platelet therapy (CDAPT) has shown significant benefits in the management of coronary artery disease (CAD), up to 1-year duration. Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is one of the limiting factors for prolonged use of CDAPT.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Gastroenterologist’s Perspective in May 2020Although COVID-19 primarily affects the lungs, it is in fact a multisystem disorder causing high mortality and panicking the whole world. Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of this disorder usually accompany respiratory manifestations and this combination is indicative of the severity of the disease.
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Use of Vitamin D With Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy for Crohn’s DiseaseVitamin D (VD) has an important role in regulating gut mucosal immunity, and seems to be inversely linked to disease activity and more frequent relapses in inflammatory bowel disease. In this study, we evaluated patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in association with VD.
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Benign Multicystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma Presenting as Appendiceal Abscess: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic ChallengeHerein, we present a case of a Caucasian man who was referred as suspected complicated appendicitis by his primary care physician, with the final diagnosis being benign multicystic mesothelioma.
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Histologic Lesions of Porto-Sinusoidal Vascular Disease Following Phlebotomy in HemochromatosisPhlebotomy induces regression of liver fibrosis in genetic hemochromatosis. We assessed the histologic changes in pre-phlebotomy and post-phlebotomy liver biopsies from patients with HFE mutation as a model to study regression of fibrosis.
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Severe Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colitis due to Olmesartan: Lessons Learned From a Rare Entity
Olmesartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) drug approved in 2002 for the treatment of hypertension. Since 2012, there have been reports of a rare adverse effect suspected to be related to its use. The author presents a case of a 63-year-old female with refractory gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms including diarrhea with associated weight loss and severe electrolyte abnormalities necessitating hospitalization. Full Text
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Original Article
| Primary Localized Amyloidosis of the Intestine: A Pathologist Viewpoint | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Saeed Ali Alshehri, MahmoudMahmoud Rezk Abdelwahed Hussein | 129-137 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1303 |
| Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients With Multiple Comorbidities: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Results From a Tertiary Care Community Hospital | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Charumathi Raghu Subramanian, Swapna Talluri, Safi Ullah Khan, Jeffry A. Katz, Michael Georgetson, Preetika Sinh | 138-145 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1275 |
| Does Extended Use of Clopidogrel-Based Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy Increase the Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding? | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Hafsa Abbas, Suresh Kumar Nayudu, Madhavi Ravi, Muhammad Saad, Kashyap Bathini, Pranav Ravi, Swathi Roy, Divya Arya, Sridhar Chilimuri | 146-149 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1285 |
Case Report
| Severe Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colitis due to Olmesartan: Lessons Learned From a Rare Entity | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Daniel R. Bashari | 150-154 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1301 |
| Primary Gastric Adenosquamous Carcinoma: A Case Report | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Ragia Aly, Sachin Gupta, Sorab Gupta, Navroop Nagra, Abhinav Goyal, Balraj Singh | 155-157 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1307 |
| A Rare Case of Evans Syndrome in a Patient With Ulcerative Colitis | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Kok Hoe Chan, Su Lin Lim, Gowthami Are, Theodore DaCosta, Hamid S Shaaban | 158-160 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1316 |
Correction
| Correction to: Mifepristone: An Uncommon Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Ishani Shah, Tyler Putnam, Evan Daugherty, Neil Vyas, Keng-Yu Chuang | 161-162 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/gr1188c1 |