Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-type lymphoproliferative lesion of the common bile duct.

Only a few cases of primary lymphoma of the common bile duct have been reported up to now. Here, we report a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphoproliferative lesion of the common bile duct with some considerations about MALT lymphoma and benign lymphoproliferation. The patient, a 71-year-old woman, was admitted to our hospital because of progressive epigastric pain.

[A case of gastric cancer with multiple liver metastasis responding to combination therapy of CPT-11 and CDDP].

A 63-year-old man suffering from advanced gastric carcinoma after distal gastric resection had multiple liver metastases 5 months after the operation. He underwent 3 courses of combination chemotherapy of 5-FU 600 mg/day with CDDP 50 mg/day, etoposide 100 mg/day and Leucovorin 30 mg/day for 5 days (FLEP), but progressive disease (PD) was noted. One additional course of combination chemotherapy with CPT-11 140 mg/day and CDDP 40 mg/day biweekly was performed and a complete response (CR) was noted.