This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Those with a gallbladder disease usually manifest with abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, nausea, vomiting and jaundice. These symptoms may be features of other ailments as well and are common with ...

A patient complaining of abdominal pain has normal liver enzymes and a gallbladder wall polyp (but no stones) on ultrasound. What further intervention do you recommend? Gallbladder wall polyps can act ...

1 Department of Haemotology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Gastroenterology, ...

Ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves generated electronically using special crystals in a probe. The sound travels through your body, and bounces off different tissues and back to a receiver on ...

A 26-year-old woman had had abdominal pain since the beginning of her pregnancy. Endoscopy of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum and abdominal ultrasonography showed only gastroesophageal reflux.

Background A 33-year-old white female with a history of cholecystectomy presented to the emergency department with intermittent severe abdominal pain radiating from the left upper quadrant to the ...

An 81-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, without fever or vomiting. Sixteen days before presentation, he had undergone ...

You must have felt yourself or known someone who has experienced a sudden chronic pain in the upper abdomen, causing extreme discomfort. While it could be an indication of indigestion, gastric issues, ...

Although rare, Gallbladder Cancer is a malignancy that develops in the gallbladder, a small organ located under the liver that stores bile. The location of this organ (pushed deep inside under the ...