[Preoperative locoregional staging of stomach carcinoma with endosonography].

From January 1987 till February 1992, a total of 203 consecutive patients with gastric carcinoma were evaluated with endosonography before operation. Endosonographic findings were categorized according to the TNM classification and compared with the histology of the resected specimen (n = 165). The overall accuracy rate of EUS in the assessment of the depth of tumor infiltration was 78%.

[Kidney cancer and angiomyolipoma in lymphangiomyomatosis].

Lymphangiomyomatosis is an extremely rare benign disease characterized by extensive proliferation of smooth muscle cells within lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes. While 10-15% of all patients show concomitant renal angiomyolipomas, no association so far has been reported with renal cell carcinoma. We present a case with coincident lymphangiomyomatosis, renal cell carcinoma and renal angiomyolipoma.

[Primary localization of malignant lymphoma in the urinary bladder?].

We report on the case of a malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma with primary location in the urinary bladder of an 83-year-old woman. Diagnosis was established by transurethral resection of the tumor and histological examination. No clinical signs (e.

Successful surgical treatment of liver and kidney metastases 25 years after a primary lacrimal gland tumor.

Among primary lacrimal gland tumors the adenoid-cystic carcinoma is the most common malignant epithelial lesion. We present a unique case of hepatic and renal metastases surgically treated 25 years after excision of a primary adenoid-cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland and after resection of intracranial and pulmonary metastases. The clinical and pathological features of this malignant tumor are discussed.

Postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with esophageal cancer.

There are recent reports on postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with esophageal cancer who were treated preoperatively with chemotherapy and irradiation. The Hamburg Esophageal Study Group is currently undertaking a prospective randomized study to evaluate the efficacy of preoperative treatment. Postoperative pulmonary complications and mortality in these patients with either a combined preoperative treatment (group 1, n = 11) or chemotherapy alone (group 2, n = 9) are evaluated in the present paper.