Black esophagus.

A 76-year-old man with multiple cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, DM2, LD, smoker) and severe peripheral arterial disease (iliofemoral bypass, supracondylar amputation) came to the emergency with coffee ground emesis and mild anemia. Urgent gastroscopy showed diffuse circumferential black mucosa covered by fibrin affecting the middle and distal esophageal third. Acute esophageal necrosis is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding that should be suspected in patients with cardiovascular risk factors with an image of a black esophagus that is abruptly interrupted at the EGJ.

Duodenal pyogenic granuloma: An unusual cause of chronic anemia.

We present the endoscopic finding of a juxtapapillary duodenal pyogenic granuloma in a patient under study for chronic recurrent anemia. The images show the presence of an enlarged papilla, with an exophytic growth of erythematous and friable tissue at its lower border. Although this is a very rare entity, it is necessary to take it into account in the differential diagnosis of refractory anemia because there is an effective endoscopic treatment for it.

Is the degree of i2a recurrence in Crohn's disease secondary to ischemic phenomena?

INTRODUCTION: the Rutgeerts score is used to assess post-surgical recurrence of Crohn's disease (CD). The score initially consisted of four grades, with a subsequent sub-classification of grade 2, under which ulcers confined to the anastomosis (i2a) are considered to be of a probable ischemic origin. The aim of this study was to assess whether ulcers confined to the anastomosis appear at the same frequency in patients undergoing surgery for other causes and can therefore be attributed to post-surgical changes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: this was a retrospective cohort study with patients who had undergone colonoscopy as per clinical practice between 2017 and 2018. There were two cohorts, one cohort of patients to assess the post-surgical recurrence of CD and another cohort for follow-up after colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with ileocolonic anastomosis. RESULTS: a total of 185 patients were included; 33 % had undergone surgery for CD and 67 % had undergone surgery for CRC. Fifty-six percent of patients were male. Of the patients in the group with ulcers confined to the anastomosis, 75 % had CD and 25 % had been operated on for CRC; the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.0001). In turn, of the patients operated on for CRC, 95 % had no anastomotic lesions compared to 18 % of patients with CD. These differences reached statistical significance (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: In our experience, the occurrence of ulcers on the ileocolonic anastomosis is uncommon in patients that have undergone surgery for CRC, in comparison to patients operated on due to CD. It is possible that these alterations in CD cannot therefore be attributed to solely ischemic or post-surgical phenomena.

Cambios hemodinámicos posligadura con bandas de varices esofágicas: un estudio de cohortes / No disponible

INTRODUCCIÓN: existe controversia sobre la necesidad de mantener el tratamiento vasoconstrictor tras lograr una adecuada hemostasia mediante ligadura endoscópica, en la hemorragia aguda por varices esofágicas. Dado que es muy complejo hacer un gradiente "pre y posligadura urgente" en el sangrante por varices, nuestro objetivo es conocer las variaciones hemodinámicas tras la terapia endoscópica, midiendo un gradiente venoso hepático "pre" y otro 24 horas "posprocedimiento" en los cirróticos con ligadura programada como profilaxis de la hemorragia varicosa. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: estudio prospectivo, de cohorte, unicéntrico. Los pacientes, en protocolo de erradicación endoscópica, fueron sometidos a un gradiente de presión venosa hepática basal (GPVH PRE), sin modificar su tratamiento habitual con beta-bloqueantes. Después, se procedió a ligadura endoscópica, según guías de práctica clínica. Tras 24 horas del procedimiento, se realizó una segunda medida de presiones (GPVH POST). RESULTADOS: 30 pacientes. Las medianas de los GPVH PRE y POST ligadura fueron 16,5 mmHg (14-20) y 19,5 mmHg (17-21) respectivamente, con un aumento significativo tras el procedimiento (p < 0,001). Las variaciones porcentuales de presión portal, según cifra de gradiente basal (12, 16 y 20 mmHg), eran mayores en pacientes con menor GVPH frente a mayor GPVH basal en cualquiera de las categorías comparadas (p = 0,087, p = 0,016 y p < 0,001, respectivamente). En nuestra serie, el 36,7 % de los pacientes presentó un incremento de gradiente ≥ 20 % tras la ligadura. CONCLUSIÓN: la ligadura con bandas de varices esofágicas condiciona un aumento de presión portal, al menos transitorio, objetivado mediante gradiente de presión venosa hepática

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Hemodynamic changes after endoscopic variceal ligation: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND: there is controversy about the need to maintain vasoconstrictor treatment after adequate haemostasis is achieved through endoscopic band ligation (EBL) in bleeding esophageal varices (BEV). Measuring a "before and after urgent-EBL" hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) in acute variceal hemorrhage is very difficult. Thus, the goal of this study was to determine hemodynamic variations after an EBL session. A "before" HVPG (PRE) was performed and another one 24 hours "after-ligation" (POST), in cirrhotic patients undergoing endoscopic band ligation as BEV prophylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: this was a single-center, cohort, prospective study. Patients followed a program of repeated sessions of EBL until eradication of their varices and underwent a basal hepatic venous pressure gradient (PRE HVPG), without changing their usual treatment with beta-blockers. Subsequently, an endoscopic ligation session was performed, following the clinical practices guidelines. A second pressure measurement (POST HVPG) was taken 24 hours after the endoscopic treatment. RESULTS: 30 patients were included. PRE and POST HVPG median results were 16.5 mmHg (14-20) and 19.5 mmHg (17-21), respectively, with a significant increase after the procedure (p < 0.001). Percentage variations in portal pressure, based on the baseline gradient values (12, 16 and 20 mmHg), were higher for patients with a lower basal HVPG versus a higher HVPG for any of the categories compared (p = 0.087, p = 0.016 and p < 0.001, respectively). In our series, 36.7 % of patients showed a ≥ 20 % gradient increase after ligation. CONCLUSION: endoscopic band ligation causes an increase in portal pressure, at least for a transitional period, determined by the hepatic venous pressure gradient.