Gastroenterology

  • Pancreatitis: The great masquerader?
    Nicholas S. Duca, MD, Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA and Jonhan Ho, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 752-753; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18062

    Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis syndrome mimics rheumatologic disease, often presenting without abdominal pain.

  • How should we diagnose and manage checkpoint inhibitor-associated colitis?
    Freeha Khan, MD, Pauline Funchain, MD, Ana Bennett, MD, Tracy L. Hull, MD and Bo Shen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 679-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18020

    Rule out infection, especially Clostridium difficile, then order colonoscopy or computed tomography.

  • An unusual complication of peritoneal dialysis
    Mohamad Hanouneh, MD, Pranav Damera, Mehrdad Fetrat, MBBS, MD and Duvuru Geetha, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 352-354; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17090

    A 45-year-old man, on peritoneal dialysis for 15 years, presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever.

  • Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?
    Gallstones: Watch and wait, or intervene?
    Mounir Ibrahim, MD, Shashank Sarvepalli, MD, Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD, PhD, Maged Rizk, MD, Amit Bhatt, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, Umar Hayat, MD, Ari Garber, MD, EdD, John Vargo, MD and Carol A. Burke, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 323-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17035

    Consider laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis, expectant management for asymptomatic cases.

  • Gas under the right diagphragm (February 2018)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 332;

    Errors occurred in Matsuura H, Hata H. Gas under the right diaphragm. Cleve Clin J Med 2018; 85(2):98–100.

  • Primary care management of chronic pelvic pain in women
    Rachel Bonnema, MD, MS, MEGAN Mcnamara, MD, MSc, Jennifer Harsh, PhD, LMFT and Elizabeth Hopkins, PT, DPT
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 215-223; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16038

    While referral may eventually be indicated, primary care doctors can take steps to diagnose and manage the condition.

  • Gas under the right diaphragm
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Hidenori Hata, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 98-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16139

    The patient was found to have volvulus and obstruction of the bowel.

  • Fever after recent travel
    Habib Rehman, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCPI, FRCP (GLAS), FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 840-846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16046

    The patient had been taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor and had recently returned from Mexico.

  • Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
    Neha Agrawal, MD, Amandeep Singh, MD, Thomas Plesec, MD, David Liska, MD, Bradley Confer, DO, Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD and Florian Rieder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16085

    The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.

  • Metabolic surgery for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus: Now supported by the world’s leading diabetes organizations
    Philip R. Schauer, MD, Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, MD and Francesco Rubino, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7 suppl 1) S47-S56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s1.06

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