This is one of a series of statements discussing the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical
situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal …

Penetration of the pericardium and heart by benign peptic ulcers is rare. Before 1965 it was
almost invariably fatal, but about 20% of recently reported cases have survived. We report 4 …

Results A 59-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with altered
mental status previously complaining of fatigue and malaise. The patient underwent a total …

Herein we describe a case of pyopneumopericardium that resulted from formation of an
acquired esophagopericardial fistula in a patient with silent, benign esophageal ulcer …

Esophageal dilation, along with many other therapeutic endoscopic procedures, carries with
it an increased risk of complications, most of which are transient events but some of which …

Sixteen cases of nontraumatic left atrial-esophageal fistulas have been reported previously.
These fistulas usually result from chronic peptic esophagitis or cancer. The diagnosis is …

A case of spontaneous duodeno-pericardial fistula is described. An elderly female
presented with pericarditis. The chest radiograph demonstrated a pneumopericardium. The …

Nontraumatic atrial-esophageal fistula is a catastrophic problem usually diagnosed
postmortem and almost invariably fatal. We report the first case of a patient in whom the …

抄録 胸髄 germinoma に対する放射線療法の後に収縮性心膜炎で発症した食道心嚢痩の 1
例を経験した. 症例は 31 歳の男性で, 呼吸困難と全身浮腫を主訴に入院となった. 胸部 X …

は じめに食道心嚢瘻 はまれな疾患で もあ り, そ の診断および治療は困難 とされている. 今 回, 胃
癌に対 し胃全摘術を うけた症例で, 術 後約 1 年 6 か 月後に食道心嚢瘻 のため死亡 …