THE METASTASIZING TENDENCY OF ŒSOPHAGUS CARCINOMA

Stricture of the Œsophagus—Gastrostomy

the various causes of oesophageal obstruction, and to inquire how they fit into the symptoms exhibited by the patient. Now dysphagia may be produced by extrinsic pressure or by intrinsic disease. We therefore eliminate first, by most careful examination, all possible sources of the former, such as goitre or aneurism, or other swelling, whether of an inflammatory or neoplastic character. So limi...

Ductal carcinoma of the breast metastasizing to the rectum

Gastrointestinal metastasis of the breast cancer is rare and its management varies significantly from that of a primary bowel cancer. We report a case of invasive ductal cancer metastasizing to the rectum and masquerading as a rectal primary. A 60 year old caucasian woman presented with fresh rectal bleeding nine years after treatment of her primary breast cancer. The investigations revealed fe...

Cardio-Spasm of the Œsophagus

Peutz-jeghers Syndrome with Metastasizing Duodenal Carcinoma.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS Since interest was first aroused in the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome there have been conflicting views as to the frequency with which malignant change occurs in the polyps found in the small intestine, and this has been due to the difficulty of interpreting the histological structure of the polypi. Many now feel that in this syndrome these lesions are hamartomas and that the appare...

Congenital Atresia of the Œsophagus

ALTHOUGH congenital atresia of the cesophagus is comparatively rarely diagnosed, it is, as will be shown, a not uncommon congenital anomaly, and since early treatment now offers a chance of complete cure we have felt it worth while to make the following short summary of the literature on the subject, with notes on the clinical appearances of typical cases. The condition has been reported in the...