Adenosquamous carcinomas of stomach are rare entities comprising 0.5% of stomach carcinomas. Here, we report a case of a 50-year-old female, who presented with weakness, pallor, and symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction. A partial gastrectomy was done and histology showed evidence of adenosquamous carcinoma of the antrum with metastasis to the perigastric lymph nodes. The patient condition ...

Gastric adenocarcinoma with a large bowel obstruction as the first presentation of the condition is rare. The present study describes the case of a 59-year-old female who was diagnosed with a large bowel obstruction that was caused by gastric adenocarcinoma. The patient suffered from abdominal pain and had not defecated for 15 days. The patient had no significant medical history. The right epig...

Phytobezoars are a rare cause of small bowel obstruction (SBO) but must be consideration especially in patients with previous gastric surgeriesand the elderly population. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) should done to differentiate between bezoars and other causes SBO. If non operative management fails, surgical removal is recommended treatment.

PURPOSE A duodenal stump fistula is one of the most severe complications after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. We aimed to analyze the risk factors for this problem, and to identify the methods used for its prevention and management. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 716 consecutive patients who underwent curative gastrectomy with a duodenal stump for gastric cancer bet...

West Indian Med J 2005; 54: (1) 85 INTRODUCTION Gallstones presenting as cholecystoduodenal, cholecystocholedochal and cholecysto-gastric fistulae causing gastric outlet obstruction (Bouveret’s syndrome) or the classical gallstone ileus are well documented. Gallstones penetrating the gastric wall but not the gastric mucosa, and lying in an isolated subserosal, intramural portion of the stomach ...

Gastric perforation in neonates is a rare but frequently fatal condition of uncertain etiology. It usually occurs in infants requiring resuscitation or having an episode of hypoxia following birth (1). Although massive pneumoperitoneum is a consistent radiographic characteristic in most of the cases, a few reports have highlighted unusual imaging findings in neonatal gastric perforation (2). He...

Summary. The development of new technological solutions for palliative surgical treatment patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer is relevant because the frequency postoperative complications in such reaches 25 % and mortality — 20 %.
 Objective. Improve diagnosis immediate results complicated by mechanical jaundice duodenal obstruction.
 Materials methods. A comparative analysis...

In the past decade, advances in anesthesiology, antibiotics, preand post-operative care and surgical technique have greatly increased the scope of thoracic surgery. Among those profiting by these advances, is the individual suffering from esophageal obstruction. Recently reported benign lesions producing esophageal obstruction indude acylasia, chemical obstruction, congenital obstruction, webs,...