Trajectories of endoscopic Barrett esophagus: Chronological changes in a community-based cohort.

Aim: To elucidate longitudinal changes of an endoscopic Barrett esophagus (BE), especially of short segment endoscopic BE (SSBE).

Methods: This study comprised 779 patients who underwent two or more endoscopies between January 2009 and December 2015. The intervals between the first and the last endoscopy were at least 6 mo.

A substantial incidence of silent short segment endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia in an adult Japanese primary care practice.

Aim: To determine the incidence and characteristics of endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia (ESEM) in a primary adult care institution.

Methods: Eight hundred and thirty two consecutive individuals (mean age, 67.6 years) undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy between January 2009 and December 2010 were included in this study.

Gastric cancer with metastasis to the gingiva.

The present case report describes a gastric cancer which showed unusual metastasis in the oral region. A 56-year-old male patient underwent total gastrectomy and splenectomy due to advanced gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach. Fifteen months later, he presented with anorexia and gingival swelling of durations of approximately 3 and 1 month, respectively.