Glomus Tumor of the Stomach - A Case Report and A Literature Review.

The study presented a case of a patient with a glomus tumor of the stomach, a mesenchymal neoplasm manifesting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (Forrest IB). The patient was operated twice. First, he underwent elective laparotomy, during which Billroth I (Rydygier's method) gastric resection was performed.

Therapeutic application of caspase 1/interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme inhibitor decreases the death rate in severe acute experimental pancreatitis.

Objective: To assess the effect of therapeutic inhibition of interleukin 1beta-converting enzyme (ICE) in an experimental model of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).

Summary Background Data: Several lines of evidence suggest that cytokines activated by ICE play an instrumental role in the course of acute pancreatitis. Recent studies have shown that pharmacologic or genetic blockade of ICE significantly ameliorates the overall severity of and the death rate in SAP.