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Interest of Argon Plasma Coagulation in Digestive Angiodysplasia Lesions: A Study of 38 Cases Open

Fouad Nejjari, Irene Karam, S. Oualaalou, S. Berrag, Tarik Adioui , et al. · 2025

Digestive angiodysplasia is a vascular development abnormality of the digestive tract, which can manifest as gastrointestinal bleeding or chronic anemia. Effective therapeutic intervention is necessary to improve symptoms and limit long-te…

Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Liver in a Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report Open

C Jioua, I. Mouslim, Y. Bangda, S. Oualaalou, Abderrahim Elktaibi , et al. · 2025

Primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumors (PHNETS) are rare entities, often misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), especially in patients underlying cirrhosis. We report a case of A 63-year-old male follow-up for liver cirrhosis, who …

Splenic Cystic Lymphangioma in Adults: Diagnostic Challenges and Surgical Management: Report of Two Cases Open

C Jioua, J Benass, I. Mouslim, Mouna Tamzaourte, A. Ait Ali · 2025

Lymphangiomas are benign tumours that are considered to be congenital malformations of the lymphatic system and most commonly affect children, with only a few cases seen in adults. These lesions are typically found in the neck and axillary…

Chronic diarrhea as an atypical presentation of complete common mesentery in an adult: A case report Open

CHAIMAE HADDAD HACHIMI, Mouna Tamzaourte, N. Mahassini, H. Krami, Mariam Konso · 2025

Complete common mesentery (CCM) is a rare congenital anomaly of intestinal rotation, typically discovered incidentally or during acute abdominal events. Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, such as persistent diarrhea, have not been previous…

Work–life conflict and its health effects on Moroccan gastroenterologists: a cross-sectional study Open

Benayad Aourarh, Tarik Adioui, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Aziz Aourarh , et al. · 2025

Background: Gastroenterologists are exposed to various health-related risks due to their diverse professional roles, including endoscopy, clinical care, and academic responsibilities. Objectives: This study aims to assess the work–life bal…

Upper Digestive Hemorrhage: Clinical, Endoscopic and Evolutionary Particularities between Older and Younger Patients, Prospective Study Open

Abdelfettah Touibi, S Hdiye, C Jioua, I. Mouslim, Rachid Laaroussi , et al. · 2025

Upper GI bleeding is the most common reason for emergency hospitalization in hepato-gastroenterology. However, there are not enough studies comparing clinical and endoscopic features between young and elderly patients. The aim of our study…

Colonic Varices and Portal Hypertension Presenting as Unexplained Anemia: A Case Report Open

Chaimae Jioua, A. Toubi, I. Mouslim, Rachid Laroussi, Sanaa Berrag , et al. · 2025

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Disseminated Tuberculosis with Peritoneal Involvement in An Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report Open

Benayad Aourarh, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Tarik Adioui, Aziz Aourarh , et al. · 2025

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IBD-DISK AS A TOOL ESTIMATING THE PREVALENCE OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE-RELATED DISABILITY AND ASSOCIATED INFLUENCING FACTORS MOROCCO: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Open

Benayad Aourarh, Tarik Adioui, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Aziz Aourarh , et al. · 2025

Introduction: IBD can cause physical, psychological, family and social impairments. Quality of life of IBD patients is usually worse than general population. The aim of our study is to evaluate the quality of life of IBD patients in a Moro…

Unpredictable Course of an Escitalopram-Induced Liver Injury: A Case Report Open

Fouad Nejjari, S. Oualaalou, Sanaa Berrag, S. Ouahid, Tarik Adioui , et al. · 2024

Escitalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the world. Very few cases of drug induced liver injury (DILI) have been reported in patients on escitalopram. We describe her…

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: From Diagnosis to Adjuvant Therapy Open

K. Boualiten, S. Ouahid, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Tarik Adioui , et al. · 2024

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent a very rare form of digestive tract cancer belonging to the sarcoma family. The aim of this study is to establish the epidemiological profile, diagnostic challenges, and therapeutic difficu…

Can Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Lymphocyte-Monocyte Ratio be Considered as Non‑Invasive Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Severity in Ulcerative Colitis? Open

Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, S. Ouahid, Abdelfettah Touibi, Rachid Laaroussi , et al. · 2024

Some inflammatory biomarkers have been routinely used to evaluate activity and severity in ulcerative colitis (UC), but none of them seems to be pertinent apart from endoscopic interventions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the utilit…

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the liver Open

A. Benhamdane, Tarik Adioui, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Mohamed Allaoui , et al. · 2024

Introduction: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the liver (SCC) is a rare and challenging pathology. As an aggressive cancer, the prognosis is extremely poor with less than 12 months overall survival. In view of its low prevalence, we rep…

Digestive Bleeding Revealing Aortic Valve Stenosis: Heyde’s Syndrome Open

K. Boualiten, Tarik Adioui, I. Mouslim, B. Aourarh, A. Touibi , et al. · 2024

Heyde’s syndrome is an under reported systemic disease of gastrointestinal and cardiac manifestation in older adults. It is characterized by a triad of aortic stenosis, angiodysplasia with bleeding and acquired von Willebrand syndrome. Hey…

Tuberculose hépatique primaire chez un immunocompétent: à propos d’un cas Open

Yannick Bangda Ekanga, S. Ouahid, Rachid Laroussi, Chaimae Jioua, Rachida Saouab , et al. · 2024

Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ with a wide range of clinical manifestations. There are three forms of hepatic involvement: diffuse hepatic tubercul…

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas mistaken for gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A case report Open

A Achemlal, Mohamed Amine Essaoudi, Manal Jidal, Mamadou Foinke Bah, Mohammed Najih , et al. · 2024

Solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas are rare entities, first described in 1959 by Frantz. These tumors represent less than 2% of pancreatic cancers and mainly affect young women. They can reach a significant size and…

A Rare Cause of Melena: Duodenal Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Open

A. Benhamdane, B. Aourarh, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari, Tarik Adioui , et al. · 2024

Endoscopic management of a transgastric migrated gossypiboma: A case report Open

A Achemlal, Fouad Nejjari, Manal Jidal, Ouiam Taibi, Sanaa Berrag , et al. · 2024

Textiloma, also known as gossypiboma, is a rare but well-documented entity. It involves the omission of surgical material during surgery. Gossypiboma remains a diagnostic dilemma to this day, due to its wide spectrum of clinical symptoms a…

Cholestatic Jaundice during Epstein-Barr Virus Primary Infection: A Rare Manifestation Open

Abdelfettah Touibi, R. Laroussi, I. Mouslim, S. Hdeyi, Sanaa Berrag , et al. · 2023

Infectious mononucleosis, induced by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is a very frequent infection, affecting mostly young adults. Although liver damage is often mild and self-limiting, only a few cases of severe EBV-induced cholestatic hepat…

Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Case Report Open

A. Touibi, R. Laroussi, I. Radouane, H. Igormane, S. Berrag , et al. · 2023

Bezoards are concretions of human fibres that accumulate in the digestive tract. Trichobezoards are often related to underlying psychiatric disorders such as depression and eating behavior disorder. Teatment is often medical or endoscopic …

Pectoralis Major Metastasis of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: An Unusual Site Open

Abdelfettah Touibi, I. Mouslim, Rachid Laaroussi, Sanaa Berrag, Fouad Nejjari , et al. · 2023

Esophageal cancer is a tumor of poor prognosis and its most common sites of metastases are lymph nodes, lung, liver and bones. However, it has also been reported some unexpected metastasis to uncommon sites which has consequently affected …

An atypical cause of vomiting: Coexisting Wilkie’s syndrome and a left renal malformation mimicking a nutcracker phenomenon—A case report Open

Benayad Aourarh, Y. Bangda, Sanaa Berrag, Tarik Adioui, Mouna Tamzaourte , et al. · 2023

The superior mesenteric artery syndrome and nutcracker phenomenon are rare vascular disorders due to the abnormal development of the superior mesenteric artery stemming from the abdominal aorta with reduced angle (<22°) and resultant compr…

Pica Syndrome Revealing Celiac Disease: A Case Report Open

Tarik Adioui, I. Mouslim, Fouad Nejjari, Sanaa Berrag, Mouna Tamzaourte · 2022

Celiac disease is an autoimmune mediated chronic inflammatory enteropathy primarily affecting the small intestine, occurring in genetically predisposed individuals and caused by a permanent sensitivity to ingest gluten cereals. Pica is the…

Case of a Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Diagnostic challenge Open

Tarik Adioui, A. Benhamdane, Sanaa Berrag, Mouna Tamzaourte · 2022

Background: Sister Mary Joseph Nodule (SMJN) is a rare metastatic umbilical nodule with primary tumor genital or gastrointestinal sites. Pancreas is rare primary location for umbilical metastases. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with …

Case of a Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Diagnostic Challenge Open

Tarik Adioui, A. Benhamdane, Sanaa Berrag, Mouna Tamzaourte · 2022

Background: Sister Mary Joseph (SMJ) nodule is a rare metastatic umbilical nodule with primary tumor genital or gastrointestinal sites. Pancreas is rare primary location for umbilical metastases. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with S…

An Exceptional Cause of Cholestasis during Hodgkin's Lymphoma Open

T. Addajou, Fouad Nejjari, Soukaina Rokhsi, Sanaa Berrag, Tarik Adioui , et al. · 2022

Intrahepatic cholestasis as a paraneoplastic manifestation is an unusual phenomenon in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) which presents both a diagnostic problem because it must be considered after excluding all other causes of cholestasis, and a th…

Duodenal Leiomyosarcoma Presenting with Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report Open

S. Ouahid, Amine Kessab, Mouna Tamzaourte, Imane Radouane, Sanaa Berrag , et al. · 2022

Duodenal leiomyosarcomas are exceptional.Their preoperative diagnosis is difficult.The association of 2 "mass-haemorrhage" symptoms should suggest the presence of leiomyosarcoma.The means of radiological, endoscopic and above all anatomopa…

MANIFESTATIONS BUCCO-DENTAIRES DU REFLUX GASTRO-OESOPHAGIEN Open

Mouna Tamzaourte, Tarik Adioui, Sanaa Berrag, Aziz Aourarh · 2022

Introduction : Le reflux gastro-oesophagien (RGO) est une pathologie benigne mais vu sa chronicite et ses complications a long terme, il predispose a des lesions precancereuses et altere la qualite de vie des malades. Le reflux peut attein…

Infected Biloma after Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Open

Benayad Aourarh, Tarik Adioui, A. Benhamdane, Sanaa Berrag, Mouna Tamzaourte , et al. · 2022

Biloma is a severe complication that can result from bile duct disruption or hepatic trauma. It can occur after biliary surgery such as cholecystectomy or an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography manipulation and endoscopic biliar…

Intravenous methylprednisolone induced acute pancreatitis: a case report Open

Benayad Aourarh, Tarik Adioui, Sanaa Berrag, Mouna Tamzaourte, Aziz Aourarh · 2021

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common cause of hospitalization in gastroenterology. Drug-induced AP is a rare event, and only a few cases of corticosteroids induced AP are described in the literature. Case Presentation: A 39-year…

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