Candida bezoars of the stomach usually occur after gastric surgery. We report a small Candida mass occurring on a non-healing gastric ulcer in a 40-year-old male non-smoker. The ulcer healed with fluconazole and withdrawal of the proton pump inhibitor.

was performed and demonstrated a large ulcerated lesion suggestive of malignancy in the gastric greater curvature (Fig. 1). Endoscopic biopsies revealed numerous filamentous clusters with sulfur granules suggestive of Actinomyces infection, without changes suggesting malignancy (Fig. 2). Abdominal computed tomography revealed an extensive gastric mass and various celiac lymphadenopathies (Fig. ...

Gastric complications following unintentional foreign body ingestion are extremely rare. We report the case of a 48-year-old lady who presented with a right upper quadrant mass and was diagnosed with a likely submucosal tumour of the stomach. After surgical resection she was found to have an impacted fishbone mimicking a gastric tumour.

history of gastric surgery presented with repeated episodes of vomiting over the past several days. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a gastric outlet obstruction caused by a 7-cm submucosal tumor in the prepyloric region (●" Fig. 1). Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed a mass comprising several cysts, the largest of which was 6 cm in diameter. These examinations did not show any...

Ectopic breast tissue has the ability to undergo all the pathological changes of the normal breast, including breast cancer. Gastrointestinal metastasis of breast cancer is rarely observed and it is very difficult to differentiate gastric metastases from primary gastric cancer. We present a case of 52-year-old female, who suffered from abdominal pain. Physical examination showed a palpable mass...