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Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. Here’s a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion:  

Robert Herman, MD, wrote in “Rectal lesion”:

A 42-year-old healthy female was seen by me for symptoms of non-ulcer dyspepsia that was unresponsive to H2 Blockers and for assessment for screening colonoscopy. Her father had developed colon cancer at the age of 50. She denied changes in bowel habits, pattern, rectal bleeding, or melena. An EGD revealed a medium sized hiatal hernia and LA Grade B esophagitis that responded well to an OTC PPI qd.

A colonoscopy was performed and revealed a 4-cm anterior rectal “bulge” just above the hemorrhoidal plexus, appearing somewhat firm and mobile on probing the lesion with a closed biopsy forceps, and a 1 cm sessile IC valve adenomatous polyp.

And then the endoscopic medical assistant made a comment that changed everything. Read the full case discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/25568.
 

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Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. Here’s a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion:  

Robert Herman, MD, wrote in “Rectal lesion”:

A 42-year-old healthy female was seen by me for symptoms of non-ulcer dyspepsia that was unresponsive to H2 Blockers and for assessment for screening colonoscopy. Her father had developed colon cancer at the age of 50. She denied changes in bowel habits, pattern, rectal bleeding, or melena. An EGD revealed a medium sized hiatal hernia and LA Grade B esophagitis that responded well to an OTC PPI qd.

A colonoscopy was performed and revealed a 4-cm anterior rectal “bulge” just above the hemorrhoidal plexus, appearing somewhat firm and mobile on probing the lesion with a closed biopsy forceps, and a 1 cm sessile IC valve adenomatous polyp.

And then the endoscopic medical assistant made a comment that changed everything. Read the full case discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/25568.
 

Physicians with difficult patient scenarios regularly bring their questions to the AGA Community (https://community.gastro.org) to seek advice from colleagues about therapy and disease management options, best practices, and diagnoses. Here’s a preview of a recent popular clinical discussion:  

Robert Herman, MD, wrote in “Rectal lesion”:

A 42-year-old healthy female was seen by me for symptoms of non-ulcer dyspepsia that was unresponsive to H2 Blockers and for assessment for screening colonoscopy. Her father had developed colon cancer at the age of 50. She denied changes in bowel habits, pattern, rectal bleeding, or melena. An EGD revealed a medium sized hiatal hernia and LA Grade B esophagitis that responded well to an OTC PPI qd.

A colonoscopy was performed and revealed a 4-cm anterior rectal “bulge” just above the hemorrhoidal plexus, appearing somewhat firm and mobile on probing the lesion with a closed biopsy forceps, and a 1 cm sessile IC valve adenomatous polyp.

And then the endoscopic medical assistant made a comment that changed everything. Read the full case discussion: https://community.gastro.org/posts/25568.
 

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