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Although gastric neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are uncommon compared with gastric carcinomas, the incidence of NETs has been recently increasing. Gastric NETs are classified into three subgroups, and among these, gastrin-independent sporadic type 3 gastric NETs have a poor prognosis because of frequent lymph node or distant metastasis. We experienced a case of an early-stage type 3 gastric NET associated with lymphovascular and submucosal invasion.

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Although heterotopic pancreas usually occurs in the stomach and rarely presents as a submucosal tumor, an accurate preoperative diagnosis is often difficult because of the variety of clinical symptoms and findings depending on the size and location of the lesion. We experienced a case of gastric type III heterotopic pancreas presenting as a gastric adenomyoma in the antrum of the stomach. A 62-year-old woman visited a local hospital for epigastric discomfort.

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Gastric collision tumor composed of early-stage gastric carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report.

Clin J Gastroenterol

December 2022

Pathology Division, Chiba-Ken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital, Social Welfare Organization, Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation, 1-Chome-1-1 Izumi-cho, Narashino city, Chiba, 275-8580, Japan.

Collision tumors composed of adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach are extremely uncommon, and only a few cases have been reported in the English literature. In the present case, a 67-year-old woman visited a local hospital for vomiting and hematemesis. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy study indicated an elevated lesion with ulceration.

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Mesenteric phlebosclerosis is a rare form of intestinal ischemia characterized by thickening of the right-sided colon and calcification of the mesenteric vein. We describe the case of a 58-year-old woman admitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain and distension. An abdominal computed tomography study revealed remarkable dilatation and fluid collection of the small intestine compatible with intestinal obstruction, which was considered to be the result of stenosis of the ascending colon.

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A case of gastric ischemia caused by massive gastric dilatation due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome.

Clin J Gastroenterol

December 2020

Department of Pathology, Chiba-ken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation, 1-1-1-Chome Izumi-cho, Narashino, Chiba, 275-8580, Japan.

Gastric ischemia is extremely rare and its endoscopic findings appear similar to those of malignant tumors, which makes accurate diagnosis difficult. We present the case of a 41-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital for severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Laboratory data at the time of admission indicated high serum levels of C-reactive protein, fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products and D-dimer.

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We describe the case of a patient with hyperammonemia owing to urinary tract infections. The patient, a 66-year-old-woman, was previously diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis. She was admitted to the emergency room with macrohematuria and bilateral lumbar pain, which persisted for 2 days.

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A 69-year-old woman presented with macroscopic hematuria and severe anemia. Cystoscopy revealed flat edematous mucosa with continuous bleeding. Transurethral coagulation and a biopsy of the urinary bladder were performed.

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