Egyptian Board Gastroenterology & Hepatology case studies
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The Egyptian Board in Gastroenterology & Hepatology is a postgraduate specialty qualification for physicians who have completed basic training in internal medicine and are moving into specialist practice in digestive disease and liver medicine. Candidates are typically preparing for hospital posts, university affiliations, or private practice in Egypt, and the credential signals that they can manage the full breadth of the specialty independently. The Egyptian Board Gastroenterology & Hepatology case studies are 5 cases and about 4,239 words.
1Dysphagia with weight loss: when 'achalasia' is not achalasia
A 68-year-old retired teacher presents with 5 months of progressive dysphagia, now only to solids, and 9 kg of unintentional weight loss. He has a 45-pack-year smoking history and no heartburn or regurgitation.
850 words, about 4 min2Bleeding duodenal ulcer on aspirin and NSAIDs: eradication and antithrombotic decisions
A 52-year-old taxi driver is admitted with 12 hours of melena and light-headedness. He had a myocardial infarction 18 months ago and takes aspirin 81 mg daily.
906 words, about 5 min3Acute severe colitis failing steroids on day 3: rescue or surgery?
A 29-year-old woman with left-sided ulcerative colitis diagnosed 3 years ago, maintained on mesalazine 3 g daily, is admitted with 10 bloody stools per day, urgency and fever for 5 days. Temperature is 38.3°C, pulse 110, blood pressure 100/62, haemoglobin 8.9 g/dL, CRP 58 mg/L, albumin 25 g/L.
833 words, about 4 min4A 2.2 cm lesion and a portal vein thrombus in Child-Pugh B cirrhosis
A 58-year-old man with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis, sustained virological response 6 years after sofosbuvir/daclatasvir, attends six-monthly surveillance. He is Child-Pugh B (score 7: bilirubin 1.6 mg/dL, albumin 31 g/L, INR 1.4, small ascites controlled with spironolactone).
835 words, about 4 min5Lymphocytic ascites with fever in Upper Egypt: tuberculosis or something else?
A 34-year-old woman, a farmer from a village near Sohag, presents with 8 weeks of progressive abdominal distension, evening fever of 37.8-38.4°C, night sweats and 6 kg weight loss. She has no jaundice, no alcohol use, no blood transfusion and no known liver disease.
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