[A very rare submucosal tumour of the rectum - primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the rectum wall].

A 56-year-old female, with a past history of hysterectomy 13 years previously due to uterine myomata, presented with complaints of pain around the anus of a few months duration. Three years previously she underwent a colonoscopy, which was found to be unremarkable. A high suspicion of a submucosal tumour of the rectum in endoscopic examinations was confirmed by endoscopic ultrasound.

[Palliative minimally invasive therapy in inoperable elderly patients].

The results of palliative endoscopic therapeutic maneuvers in patients over 80 years of age were retrospectively analyzed, covering a time period of 26 months. Aims of the therapeutic modalities were the recanalization of stenoses of the gastrointestinal tract, the long-term enteral nutrition or the abolition of a malignant obstructive jaundice. Appropriate procedures were combined bougienage and laser therapy, implantation of esophageal bridging tubes, percutaneous endoscopic gastroenterostomy (PEG), and the implantation of biliary endoprosthesis after endoscopic papillotomy.

[Palliative laser therapy of advanced rectal carcinoma].

During a 20 months period (1. 10. 1985-31.

[Polyposis of the stomach caused by multiple xanthomas].

Case report on a rare gastric polyposis. Endoscopically the lesions appear as multiple, yellowish, partly villous polypoid changes histologically representing as foam cells und showing deposits of lipids on characteristic stains. Etiopathogenesis are these lesions and their differential diagnosis are discussed.