Coeliac disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gut with increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancy. Although enteropathy T-lymphoma is the most common neoplasm in patient affected by coeliac disease, an increased frequency of small bowel carcinoma has been described. We present a case of jejunal carcinoma in a patient suffering for coeliac disease in which gastrointestinal and extr...

Malignant conditions can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including the esophagus, stomach, biliary system, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus (1). Currently, conventional TNM staging is the most important prognostic factor for determining the clinical outcome of GI cancer. However, clinical studies have shown that patients with similar stages of the ...

The primary report of intussusception was made in 1674 by Barbette Amsterdam. It increases the patient's risk intestinal obstruction, parietal ischemia, perforation, and peritonitis. Small submucosal lipomas are an uncommon kind gastrointestinal tumour. is a silent disease that occasionally causes haemorrhage, intussusception, bowel obstruction. Surgery frequently required to confirm diagnosis ...

Duodenal metastases are a very uncommon and peculiar cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. However, they should be considered in a patient presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and a previous history of malignancy. The importance of recognising the unusual presentation of duodenal metastasis has to be emphasised. We describe two patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the gastrointestinal tract occurs in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Often presenting as ulcerative lesions, CMV infection rarely presents as a mass lesion in the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of a discrete colonic mass caused by CMV infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This case illustrates that ...

Chin J Cancer Res 2013;25(5):486-487 www.thecjcr.org Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. GISTs may coexist with different types of cancer, either synchronous or metachronous (1). Most GISTs develop in a sporadic fashion, but familial occurrence, such as neurofibromatosis and Carney-triad, has also been reported (2). The ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of malignant tumors in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) in Lithuania and to access the changes in KTR survival after developing cancer. We also analyzed and compared results with data from other centers worldwide. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of all 395 patients transplanted ...

AIM To determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal neoplasia among dermatomyositis patients who underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy and/or colonoscopy. METHODS A cross-sectional study examining the results of upper endoscopy and colonoscopy in adults with dermatomyositis at an urban, university hospital over a ten year period was performed. Chart review was performed to confirm the diagn...

While renal cell carcinoma is the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm of the kidney, its simultaneous diagnosis with a gastrointestinal malignancy is a rare, but well reported phenomenon. This discussion focuses on three independent cases in which each patient was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and a unique synchronous gastrointestinal malignancy. Case 1 explores the diagnosis and surgical in...

The present study evaluated the efficacy and safety of TJ-54 (Yokukansan; a traditional Japanese medicine) for the prevention and/or treatment of postoperative delirium in a randomized phase II trial of patients receiving surgery for gastrointestinal and lung malignancies. Patients ≥70 years of age who underwent surgery for gastrointestinal or lung malignancy were eligible for participation in ...