Gastroenterology Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Presentation and Diagnosis of Chronic GVHD How familiar are you with the presentation and diagnosis of chronic graft-vs-host disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 05, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Pediatric Food Allergy Signs and Symptoms How familiar are you with the signs and symptoms of pediatric food allergies? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 04, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic GVHD Management Are you familiar with the management of patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 04, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Pediatric Food Allergy Overview How familiar are you with pediatric food allergies? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Multiple Sclerosis Comorbidities Are you aware of the ways that comorbidities might affect patients with multiple sclerosis, including diagnosis, disability progression, and treatment options? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• Epigastric Pain in a Person Who Smokes During the past month, he has had recurrent attacks of epigastric pain. He has taken analgesics for the attacks, which resolve without medical attention.
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Treatment-Resistant Shigella Are you aware of how to recognize, manage, and treat illnesses caused by Shigella organisms, including those that are resistant? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Rapid Review Quiz: Differences in Food Allergies Are you aware of recent research into racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences among patients with food allergies in the United States? Take a short quiz to find out more.
  Medscape, December 20, 2023
• A 67-Year-Old With Heartburn and Flank Pain For the past few weeks, a man has had waxing and waning left-sided low back pain, which seems to be worsening over time. He describes the pain as sharp, ranging from 3/10 to 7/10 in severity.
  Medscape, December 14, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Ovarian Cancer Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of ovarian cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Abdominal Pain and Hematemesis An urgent endoscopy revealed hypertrophic mucosa and severe gastritis. Biopsies showed only moderate inflammation, with no Helicobacter pylori infection.
  Medscape, December 11, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 4: Superficial Adenocarcinoma   This case focuses on a 76-year-old gentleman with a history of colonic adenocarcinoma who underwent sigmoidoscopy in the past. He was referred to MSK after an antral lesion was detected on an upper endoscopy. The team discusses surgical options.
  Medscape, December 08, 2023
• Passed Out on Plane and Unable to Wake A 22-year-old man with no significant medical history is transferred from the airport in a semiconscious state after returning from a 3-week vacation. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, December 07, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: The Obesity Epidemic Do you know best practices to prevent and treat obesity? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Childhood Obesity How familiar are you with childhood obesity? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 3: Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma with Pelvic Metastasis   This case focuses on a 56-year-old woman who experienced relatively non-specific symptoms for about 4 months and was being treated for H. pylori gastritis. The team discusses therapeutic options, the importance of cross-sectional imaging, and multidisciplinary discussions.
  Medscape, December 05, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Confronting Obesity Are you familiar with the latest guidelines and advice on how to manage the care of patients who are obese? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 05, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma   This case is about a 67-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease who presented with dyspepsia. The team debates the appropriate surgeries and treatment options.
  Medscape, November 30, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma with CDH1 Mutation   This case is about a 24-year-old male who has a history of CDH1 mutation and presents after a fourth surveillance endoscopy with random biopsies of the fundus of the stomach, which showed intramucosal poorly differentiated signet ring cell adenocarcinoma.
  Medscape, November 30, 2023
• Rectal Bleeding and Pelvic Pain in a 46-Year-Old Smoker The bleeding is moderate, and the blood is mixed with mucus. He also has pelvic pain, which increases with defecation, and constipation with distension of the abdomen.
  Medscape, November 29, 2023