BACKGROUND Gastric non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare tumour that represents approximately 7% of all stomach cancers and 2% of all lymphomas. The most frequent location of gastric MALT (mucosa associated lymphoid tissue) lymphomas is in the antrum in 41% of the cases, and 33% can be multifocal. The risk of spontaneous perforation of a gastric MALT lymphoma is 4-10%. CLINICAL CASE 24 year old male...

Trichobezoars are impactions of swallowed hairs in the stomach and occasionally in the intestine. They occur in emotionally disturbed, depressed, or mentally retarded patients who have trichotillomania and trichophagia. Trichobezoars are usually diagnosed on CT scan or upper GI endoscopy. They can give rise to complications like gastroduodenal ulceration, haemorrhage, perforation, peritonitis, ...

hemostasis using hemostatic forceps for a bleeding Dieulafoy lesion To our knowledge, there have been no reports in the English literature of cases of delayed perforation occurring more than 2 days after hemostasis for gastrointestinal bleeding, including bleeding related to endoscopic submucosal dissection. Additionally, according to previous reports [1,2], in patients with delayed perforation...

Since being developed and established in Japan, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely used as a standard treatment for early gastric cancer [1]. Delayed perforation is an occasional complication of ESD, and despite its low incidence, it is a serious complication frequently requiring emergency operation [2–4]. Polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheets (Neoveil; Gunze Co., Japan), composed ...

approximately 20% of caustic ingestions result in some degree of esophageal injury. alkaline materials are the most frequent corrosive materials ingested.     the physical form and ph of ingested materials play a critical role in the site and type of gastrointestinal injury (ph > 12 or ph < 1.5, crystalline drain cleaners). unlike alkaline solutions, strong acids are bitter, burn on contact and...

SuININIARY This is a report of a 22-year-old woman with treated anorexia nervosa who died of complications of acute gastric dilatation that is, infarction and perforation with severe and irreversible shock. Binge eating and drinking, precipitated by emotional crises, contributed to her acute gastric dilatation. This complication of anorexia nervosa lhas been previously reported, but, unlike the...

Results The diagnosis based on history (4 minimal stab wounds, 3 politrauma, and 1 difficult nephrectomy) and clinical exam matched the diagnosis. In one case (difficult nephrectomy two years before) the radiologic interpretation led to a wrong diagnosis of tension pneumothorax and a chest tube was inserted with consecutive gastric perforation and leakage of gastric content. Promptly recognized...

Elderly patients often have unusual manifestations of common illnesses. We describe a geriatric patient having a pneumopericardium from pericardial penetration by a gastric ulcer. Benign gastric ulceration causing perforation of the pericardium or other cardiac structures was recognized as early as 1854; however, until 1964, the condition was invariably fatal. Our patient survived the episode a...

We present an unusual and rare complication caused by gastric band erosion into the stomach after band placement 15 years ago. The complication was only picked up after the band had subsequently migrated from the stomach at the site of erosion, to the distal ileum causing acute small bowel obstruction and focal perforation requiring emergency laparotomy.Abdominal pain in patients with gastric b...