Pernicious anemia as a risk factor in gastric cancer. The extent of the problem.

We have analyzed the prevalence of pernicious anemia (PA) in all patients with autopsyverified gastric carcinoma (GC) registered during 1958-76 in a Swedish city, with one Department of Pathology serving approximately 240 000 inhabitants and with a high autopsy frequency. The prevalence was compared to that in a reference group of 917 sex- and age-matched individuals without GC. PA was found in 19 persons, 2.

Fibromuscular dysplasia of the cervico-cephalic arteries.

Six cases of fibromuscular dysplasia of the cervical and cephalic portions of the internal carotid arteries, including their intracranial branches are reported. It should perhaps be pointed out that one of the cases was from the Sudan. As far as we know, the condition has never before been reported in a male African.