Gastrointestinal Disorders

A 41-year-old man presented to the emergency department with weight loss, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting over a 6 month period.

The gastrointestinal tract is home to microorganisms that exist in close relation with host cells. The microbes in the gut are estimated to comprise 1000 to 1200 bacterial species and at least 100 trillion...

A 33-year-old postpartum woman presented to our emergency department with dyspnea, orthopnea, and generalized abdominal pain and distention for 2 days. She had been having trouble breathing at rest and had...

The authors report the case of a 23-year-old woman with 2 hospitalizations for anemia requiring transfusions. Workup revealed a large submucosal mass that later was found to be a gastrointestinal stromal...

A 23-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department with acute onset of abdominal bloating and severe cramping. She had gone for a walk about an hour after having...

A 23-year-old white man presented to the emergency department with nonradiating epigastric abdominal pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting for 2 to 3 days.

A 35-year-old woman with no pertinent past medical history presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of nonbilious, nonbloody emesis and a 1-week history of intractable lower left-sided...

A 35-year-old woman with a medical history significant only for appendectomy presented to the emergency department with right lower-quadrant abdominal pain over the past 2 weeks.

A 78-year-old woman presented to the hospital with 1-day history of biliary colic, emesis, and diarrhea. Her medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes with neuropathy, dyslipidemia, and...

A boy was born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery at 36 weeks and 1 day of gestation to a 20-year-old, gravida 1, para 1 woman. At 9 hours of life, a neonate presented with a large emesis, this time...