Introduction: Sarcomatoid carcinoma (SCA) of the small bowel is an extremely rare tumor with only 21 cases reported in literature and GISTs are relatively rare gastrointestinal neoplasms.
Presentation Of Case: We report a case of an 85 year-old female admitted with intestinal obstruction in June 2010. She suffered from polymyalgia rheumatica and was under surveillance for a presumed gastric GIST.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
June 2012
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is increasingly being utilized in the management of early gastric cancer. Metastatic cancer of the stomach is uncommon. We report a case of solitary gastric metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that was successfully excised with EMR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of Fournier's gangrene, where we used the greater omentum as a free flap for scrotal reconstruction and outline the advantages over previously described methods. The greater omentum was harvested using a standard open technique. The deep inferior epigastric vessels were passed through the inguinal canal into the scrotal area as recipient vessels.
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