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Viktorija Mokricka
Stauffer’s Syndrome in Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Cholestasis is a symptom that can be present in many conditions, such as bile duct obstruction by malignant mases, obstruction by gallstone, acute and chronic viral hepatitis, and autoimmune disorders, such as primary biliary and sclerosing cholangitis. Stauffer syndrome is a rare type of paraneoplastic syndrome that presents as cholestasis with absence of underlying disease. Classically Stauffer syndrome has been described in renal cell cancer patients. In literature cholestasis as manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome has also been described in patients with prostate adenocarcinoma and pancreatic and bronchogenic carcinoma. Conclusions. Stauffer syndrome should be kept in mind in patie…
One center experience of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
Introduction Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare benign condition, in which gas is found in a linear or cystic form in the subserosa or submucosa. The subserous cysts are most frequently found in the small bowel while the submucous localizations are predominantly seen in the colonic wall. Peritoneal pneumatosis, abdominal gas cysts, cystic lymphopneumatosis, intestinal emphysema or intestinal gas cysts are terms used to describe the occurrence of multiple, gas-filled cysts, of the gastrointestinal tract. Incidence of PCI was reported to be 0.03% in the general population. It is a radiographic finding and not a diagnosis, as the etiology varies from benign conditions to fulmin…