Primary gastric hemangioblastoma: report of a case.

Capillary hemangioblastoma (CHB) is a benign, highly vascularized tumor that generally occurs in central nervous system either in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease or, more often, as a solitary sporadic lesion that is increasingly recognized in extraneural sites. We present the case of a 18 year-old man with abdominal pain, nausea and hematemesis, the endoscopy showed polypoid tumor bleeding of 5 cm in gastric antrum. The patients had not signs of VHL disease and was subjected to subtotal gastrectomy and referred to our institution.

Use of glutaraldehyde-preserved bovine pericardium patch in vascular repair of portal vein in a patient with pancreatic cancer.

Advanced-stage gastrointestinal tumors are aggressive and frequently invade blood vessels. Advances in endovascular surgery can repair blood vessels that may be infiltrated by a tumor. Currently there are many materials to do this, as the use of prostheses or implants and patches.

Gastric cancer in young people under 30 years of age: worse prognosis, or delay in diagnosis?

Background: Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease with nonspecific early symptoms. Its incidence and prognosis in young patients has shown considerable variability.

Purpose Of The Study: Our objective was to retrospectively study patients from our institution aged <30 years with gastric carcinoma.

[Open splenectomy: ten-year experience in an oncological referral center].

Background: Open splenectomy is a useful procedure for some diseases with splenomegaly >1500 g. We undertook this study to evaluate open splenectomy morbidity and mortality at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia in Mexico City.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical files of patients with benign and malignant hematological diseases, as well as other diseases, who underwent splenectomy from 1994 to 2005.

[Rectal cancer and pregnancy].

Objective: To present Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México, Gastroenterology Service management of rectal cancer in pregnant patients in a retrospective case study.

Case Report: Two patients were found, 25 an 34 years of age; both adenocarcinomas presented in Dukes D stage and manifested in third trimester of pregnancy. Main clinical manifestations were pelvic pain, hematochezia, and weight loss.

[Cavernous hemangioma of the liver and hepatic hemangiomatosis. Indications and results of the surgical resection].

Introduction: Cavernous hemangioma is the most frequent focal liver lesion. It affects mainly women and may cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, mass, and early satiety, or complications such as heart failure or coagulopathy. There are several options for treatment in symptomatic patients.

A retrospective analysis of patients with gallbladder cancer treated with radical resection versus cholecystectomy plus external radiotherapy.

Background/aims: To compare patients with gallbladder cancer treated with radical resection and regional lymphadenectomy (RR-RL) versus simple cholecystectomy and adjuvant external radiotherapy (SC-ERT) and determine outcome.

Methodology: Presentation, operative data, complications and survival were examined in 137 patients. In particular, the 45 patients treated with RR-RL or SC-ERT.

[Epidemiologic factors and results of treatment in peripheral and peri-hilar cholangiocarcinoma].

Objective: Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor that may occur anywhere along intra or extrahepatic biliary tree. Prognosis remains poor with overall 5-year survival rate of 5%. Experience in management of this lesion in Mexico is scarce.