ESOPHAGOCELE DUE TO TWO TIMES CAUSTIC INGESTIONS: RESECTION THROUGH VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY.

Background: Caustic ingestion is still a health problem of utmost importance in the West. In developing countries, this incident remains at increase and it is associated with unfavorable factors like social, economic, and educational handicaps, besides a lack of prevention. Esophagocele is a rare consequence of caustic ingestion.

PATHOLOGIC COMPLETE RESPONSE (YPT0 YPN0) AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY NEOADJUVANT FOLLOWED BY ESOPHAGECTOMY IN THE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS.

Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is an aggressive neoplasia that requires a multidisciplinary treatment in which survival and prognosis are still not satisfactory. The complete pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy is considered a good prognosis factor, and esophagectomy is indicated.

Aim: Survival analysis of cases with pathologic complete response (ypT0 ypN0) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, submmitted to esophagectomy.

Obstructive Gastric Pseudotumor Caused by Cytomegalovirus in an AIDS Patient: A Case Report and Review of Surgical Treatment.

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common opportunistic pathogen in patients with HIV. It is also a major cause of gastrointestinal ulcers in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). CMV pseudotumor in the stomach is a rare cause of digestive tract obstruction.