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World J Gastrointest Surg
October 2023
Department of General Surgery, The 7 Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China.
Background: Gastric adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is rare and characterized by coexisting of adenocarcinoma andsquamous carcinoma within the same tumor. We present a female patient with gastric ASC who had an elevated serum level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), which decreased to normal levels after a laparoscopic distant radical gastrectomy in a short period. The clinicopathological features in AFP-producing gastric cancer (GC) are discussed, as well as potentially available prognostic predictors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiation-induced hemorrhagic gastritis is a serious and rare complication of radiation therapy. Optimal therapies in the pediatric population are not well established. We report a 2-year-old female diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma who developed hemorrhagic gastritis following chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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March 2021
Division of Gastroentero-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Soetomo Teaching Hospital, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Double pylorus, also known as acquired double pylorus, is a rare condition defined as a gastrointestinal fistula connecting stomach antrum and duodenal bulb. The prevalence of double pylorus ranges from 0.001 to 0.
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November 2020
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822, United States.
Background: Bouveret syndrome, also known as gallstone ileus, is a rare form of gastric outlet obstruction accounting for 1%-3% of cases. This condition is most often reported in females. The diagnosis can be challenging and is often missed due to atypical presentations, which occasionally mimic gastric outlet obstruction symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and hematemesis.
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November 2020
Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266555, Shandong Province, China.
Background: Plexiform fibromyxoma (PF) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of the stomach. The clinical features of PF frequently include upper abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort, hematemesis, melena, pyloric obstruction and an upper abdominal mass. We herein report a case of PF resected by laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy plus Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy.
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