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The article presents information on a 47-year-old man, who was admitted to hospital with abdominal discomfort and distension that was associated with nausea and vomiting. On examination it was found that there was diffuse abdominal tenderness with an apparent decrease in bowel sounds. On operation it was found that he had a strangulated Meckel's diverticulum with gangrene that was associated with a small bowel obstruction and blood-stained ascites.

The article presents the medical case of a 77-year-old man who was diagnosed to be suffering from a gas-forming liver abscess through the use of pancreatic and hepatobiliary imaging. The abscess was a result of radiofrequency ablation treatment for liver cancer. He was admitted to the hospital after suffering from fever for four days after being treated by radiofrequency ablation for six days.

The article presents the case of a 43-year-old man with known chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. An abdominal ultrasound study revealed massive ascites but no features of cirrhosis. The ascitic fluid had a high level of amylase and lipase typical of pancreatic ascites. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the presence of ascites and identified two pseudocysts in the head of the pancreas. Meanwhile, it adds that pancreatic ascites occurs in up to 5% of patients with acute or relapsing pancreatitis.

The article illustrates the clinical case of a bleeding gastric diverticula in a 67-year-old man patient. At gastrointestinal endoscopy the bleeding lesion was found on the margin of the gastric diverticulum. The lesion was injected with epinephrine and treated with hemoclips, and the bleeding was settled after endoscopic therapy. Images of the lesion are also presented.