Heart was the key to the diagnosis

Published Date: 28th February 2023

Publication Authors: Watters C

Extract
We present the case of a man in his 70s who was referred to gastroenterology with several months’ history of offensive smelling loose stools and weight loss. He underwent a standard panel of initial investigations including colonoscopy for his chronic diarrhoea. Colonoscopy was reported as normal and the results of the rest of his screening panel were unremarkable. As his symptoms persisted, lower GI endoscopy was repeated. This showed a few scattered diverticula and some possible left colonic mucosal congestion, but biopsies were reported as within normal limits (see figure 1).

 

Akhtar, KJ; Maheswaran, T; Watters, C. (2023). Heart was the key to the diagnosis. Frontline Gastroenterology. epub 28 Feb., [Online]. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2022-102349 [Accessed 20 March 2023]

 

Akhtar, KJ; Maheswaran, T; Watters, C. (2023). Heart was the key to the diagnosis. Frontline Gastroenterology. 14 (6), p534-535. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2022-102349  [Accessed 12 January 2024]

 

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