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Causes of Melena and Effective Examination Strategies in Children
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 Background and Aim: Melena, or tarry black stool, is not a rare symptom encountered in pediatric clinical practice, and the bleeding source varies from the upper gastrointestinal tract to the small intestine.
Itaru Iwama +2 more
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Recurrent melena in a diagnosed case of Bernard Soulier syndrome
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021 Bernard Soulier Syndrome is a genetically inherited platelet disorder that commonly presents with symptoms of impaired blood coagulation, such as epistaxis, menorrhagia, and petechiae formation. Here we present a case of Bernard Soulier Syndrome in which
Omair Ali Khan
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Melena as a first sign of metastatic hepatic angiosarcoma: A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2019 Introduction. Angiosarcomas are malignant tumors of vascular endothelium that may arise from different locations. Although primary hepatic angiosarcoma accounts for only 1.8% of primary liver tumors, it is the most common malignant mesenchymal tumor of ...
Sokić-Milutinović Aleksandra +6 more
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Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2022 A male infant was born at 39 weeks of gestation of a healthy 24-year-old woman with good prenatal care. He was born by eutocic delivery with bloody amniotic fluid noted and suspicion of marginal placental detachment.
Sofia Cochito Sousa +3 more
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An Unusual Cause of Melena [PDF]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2013 FIGURE 2. A, Computed tomography of the abdomen exhibited a pancreas body-tail mass with direct invasion of the gastric wall. B, Wholebody dual-modality 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography images disclosed multiple areas with increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake around the stomach, pancreas, and several nodes ...
Chang-Han, Lo, Chin-Hui, Hsu
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Gastroduodenal Intussusception Due to Gastric GIST Presenting with Melena
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2023 Intussusception rarely occurs among adult patients; however, gastroduodenal intussusception is the most infrequent form of intussusception in adults.
Ajay Kumar Jain +6 more
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Annular Pancreas: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Annular pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly in which a thin band of pancreatic tissue partially or completely surrounds the duodenum. It is challenging to diagnose due to its variable clinical presentation.
Joung Ah Kweun +3 more
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Melena – a rare clinical presentation in a patient with ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy [PDF]
New Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2021 Ectopic pregnancy is a medical emergency which requires immediate intervention and may lead to death if left untreated. Patients usually present with abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding but may also present with signs of shock due to blood loss. We report a
Malkeet Kaur +3 more
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An unusual cause of melena [PDF]
Gut, 2005 A 79 year old Caucasian male presented with a two week history of melena. His past medical history included hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and malignant melanoma. He was on warfarin. Examination demonstrated a palpable irregular liver edge and the presence of melena …
K P, Basavaraju +3 more
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Multiple myeloma involving the gastrointestinal tract in an English Springer Spaniel
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 A 10‐year‐old, entire male, English Springer Spaniel was referred for evaluation of weight loss, polyuria, polydipsia and gastrointestinal tract signs including melena/haematochezia for the previous six months.
Emma Roberts +3 more
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