A 71-year-old man with gastric ulcers and ileocecal thickening eight years after renal transplantation

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A 71-year-old man with diarrhea and abdominal pain was diagnosed with an inflammation of his gastrointestinal tract caused by cytomegalovirus. He had received a kidney transplant eight years before for end-stage kidney failure. Cytomegalovirus infection is common after an organ transplant.

author: Yantiss, Rhonda K., Afdhal, Nezam H.
Causes of, Diseases, Organ transplant recipients, Cytomegalovirus infections, Colitis

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A 52-year-old man with chronic anemia and sudden severe abdominal pain

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A 52-year-old man hospitalized with severe abdominal pain and a history of iron deficiency anemia was diagnosed with celiac disease. Celiac disease is characterized by malabsorption of food, which leads to weight loss and nutritional deficiencies.

author: Yantiss, Rhonda K., Navab, Farhad
Celiac disease

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A 22-year-old man with night sweats, weight loss, and a hepatic mass

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The case of a 22-year-old man with liver cancer is described. He had a type of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, which represents 40% of all liver cancers in people 35 years old or younger.

author: Reinus, John F., Yantiss, Rhonda K.
Liver cancer

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