The biopsy results brought back his lost smile.

Clinical scenario: A 25-year-old male presented with high-grade intermittent fever of 2 months duration and progressively increasing   jaundice of  1 month .It was associated with anorexia and significant loss of weight. His past and family history were not contributory. The examination displayed deep jaundice, no features of chronic liver disease and mild hepatomegaly. After baseline […]

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Image of the Month

Contributed by  Dr Kaiser Raja   Consultant Gastroenterologist  M.D D.M(Gastro) ACGME accredited Advanced Fellowship in Liver Diseases and Transplant Hepatology from The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, United States.  Clinical scenario : A 35-year-old male, the patient presented with intermittent dysphagia for 5 years, which usually occurred with solid food. No history of food […]

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Case of the Month : Recurrent abdominal pain in a young male !

Clinical scenario:                        A 27-year-old Egyptian male with no significant comorbidities presented with history of episodic, recurrent abdominal pain of 4 years duration .Patient described pain as colicky, remaining for 1–2 hours necessitating intravenous analgesics predominantly in the upper abdomen. His abdominal pain had no reference […]

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