background: gastric cancer is an important health problem across the world. chemotherapy in combination with local treatment is standard treatment for locally advanced gastroesophageal cancers. the purpose of this investigation was evaluation of response and tolerability to neoadjuvant eox regimen in locoregionally advanced gastric cancer. materials and methods: patients with locoregionally adv...

  Abstract   Acase of 48-year-old male, hepatitis B cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice,   fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. He was   suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received   intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic   failure. The presence of dilate...

BACKGROUND The exact assessment of a tonsil carcinoma's size is often difficult because of the tumour's submucosal extension and deep infiltration. AIM The aim of the study is to assess the usefulness of intraoperative ultrasonography in tonsil cancer. MATERIAL Twenty patients with carcinoma of the tonsil were included in the study (squamous cell carcinoma keratosis - 12, squamous cell carc...

Gastric subepithelial tumors (SETs) are often discovered incidentally and usually benign. Their location complicates accurate diagnosis; however, most lesions can be differentiated using either endoscopy or endoscopic ultrasonography. SETs location, color, surface change, size, consistency, movability evaluated during endoscopy. Endoscopic ultrasound assesses their originating layer, echogenici...

Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) has recently been developed as an alternative biliary drainage technique for failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) [1–3]. A recent review revealed its overall technical success rate to be82% [4], but puncturing the left intrahepatic bile duct (LIBD) is occasionally challenging. Here we present a case in which...

Submucosal tunneling bloc biopsy for submucosal tumors growing inside the gastric wall is a safe and reliable method. However, it is difficult for an endoscopist to perform submucosal tunneling bloc biopsy and detect the demarcation line between the proper muscular layer and the capsule layer of submucosal tumors growing outside the gastric wall. A submucosal tumor in the lesser curvature of th...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In recent years, endoscopic snare papillectomy has been performed to treat tumors of the ampulla of Vater. This procedure requires accurate preoperative evaluation. In this study, we diagnosed the focal extension of such tumors by using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and intraductal ultrasonography (IDUS), and examined the indications for endoscopic snare papillectomy. METHO...

BACKGROUND Foveolar gastric metaplasia of the duodenum is a frequent but not as yet considered correlate of endoscopically detected duodenal polyps. The majority of foveolar gastric metaplasias associated with polyps presented a typical benign endoscopic appearance and they were diagnosed by biopsy. Here we report a case of a surgical-resected foveolar gastric metaplasia manifesting as a duoden...