Esophagobronchial fistula in a patient with Behçet's disease: report of a case.

Esophageal involvement in Behçet's disease is generally considered to be very uncommon. So far, six cases of esophageal ulcers associated with perforation, penetration, or fistula in Behçet's disease have been described in the English literature. This report describes esophagobronchial fistula in a patient with intestinal Behçet's disease.

Long-term survival and prognostic factors in the surgical treatment for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Background/purpose: We retrospectively investigated the clinicopathologic features and outcome of 51 patients who underwent hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma (ICC) between 1991 and 2000, and we also analyzed the potential prognostic factors for long-term survival.

Methods: There were 27 men and 24 women, with a mean age of 63.7 years.

Weekly paclitaxel for a patient with advanced gastric cancer.

A 56-year-old woman diagnosed with gastric cancer was admitted to our hospital for operation on May 15, 2001. The operation was performed on May 23. The tumor formed a large mass from the antrum to the head of the pancreas, and cancer cells were detected in the ascitic fluid microscopically.

[Weekly administration of paclitaxel with a short course of premedication for advanced or recurrent gastric cancer].

Weekly administration of paclitaxel with a short course of premedication was performed for 8 patients with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer. In this regimen, 500 ml of physiological saline with vitamins was administered in a 3-hour infusion. After 30 minutes of infusion, dexamethasone 10 mg, chlorpheniramine maleate 5 mg, famotidine 20 mg and ramosetron hydrochloride 0.

Spontaneous necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report.

Background: Spontaneous regression of a malignant tumor is a rare phenomenon. So far, 13 cases of spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been described in the English literature. We report a case of HCC, with spontaneous complete necrosis demonstrated by histological examination.