Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare neoplasms that mostly affect patients over the age of 50, with no gender predilection1,2. The diagnosis of GIST is made by means of immunohistochemistry testing for CD117 (c-kit), and combination treatment with surgical intervention and adjuvant chemotherapy has produced good outcomes3. We report a case of gastric GIST diagnosed after an episode o...

Regardless of outstanding developments in the endoscopic field, laryngopharyngeal lesions are generally considered as a field of otolaryngology, and thus it is thought that not a lot of gastrointestinal endoscopists commonly take interest in these lesions during the upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examinations. Therefore, here in this thesis, I reviewed the availability of upper gastrointesti...

We investigated 2668 patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding and 660 patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated between 1987 and 2011 in our hospital. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was associated with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, esophageal disease, and others. Endoscopic hemostasis was performed in approximately 67% of all cases with up...

objective: functional dyspepsia (fd) is a common symptom of upper gastrointestinal discomfort. few data are available on the role of psychotherapy in the treatment of dyspeptic syndromes. this study assesses whether brief core conflictual relationship theme (ccrt) psychoanalytic psychotherapy improves gastrointestinal and psychiatric symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia. methods: a ra...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours often present with insidious upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial definitive diagnosis can be difficult and therefore misdiagnosis is not infrequent. Here we report a case of upper GI bleeding caused by a splenic artery aneurysm that was misdiagnosed as a gastric GIST. This rare presentation of splenic artery aneurysm highlights the potential pitfalls of inv...

background: the iron deficiency anemia (ida) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. chronic gastrointestinal (gi) blood loss is important cause of ida and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. the information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the ida is scant. we designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of gi ...

gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gist) are the most common mesenchy­mal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. the biological pattern of these tumors ranges from benign-appearing small lesions to malignant sarcomas. only 3%-5% of gists are found in the duodenum. a duodenal gist is a rare source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. a remarkable percentage of duodenal gists are localized in the thi...