1.   Previous case reports of piroxicam induced submassive necrosis have described the onset of jaundice three days and three weeks after beginning piroxicam.

2.   Several case reports have suggested that oral cyclosporin is effective in inducing clinical and endoscopic remission.

3.   Initially, worries were expressed regarding a possible carcinogenic effect of cimetidine, when case reports of gastric carcinoma in cimetidine treated patients appeared.

4.   A case reports and clinical-epidemiological studies have evaluated the cancer risk in patients who have abused anthranoid laxatives over a long period.

5.   Lithotripsy of a densely calcified gall bladder stone has been described in a case report.