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Acute pancreatitis with diaphragmatic hernia is rare, and furthermore, very few were reported in the case without incarceration. The suggested mechanism of acute pancreatitis with diaphragmatic hernia is that herniation...
Functional dyspepsia is a very common disease and there are two types of dyspepsia. One is functional dyspepsia in the gastrointestinal tract and the other is pancreatobiliary dyspepsia. Biliary dyspepsia...
Pancreas metastasis of primary lung cancer is known to be very rare and if it occurs, most cases are disseminated malignant status and do not affect therapeutic plan. We experienced...
A duodenoscope is complex instrument with an elevator and an elevator wire channel which are difficult to access and not readily amenable to cleaning and disinfection. Lapses in endoscope reprocessing...
Adenomyomatous hyperplasia (AMH) of the gallbladder commonly accompanies chronic cholecystitis and may be classified into three types according to the gross features: segmental, localized (fundal), and diffuse types. In situ...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections is a useful and effective procedure. One of the main limitations is the lack of devices tailored specifically for this technique....
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a well-established procedure for the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary disease. Serious complications such as perforation, pancreatitis, hemorrhage, and sepsis are rarely reported. To our...