we examined the effect of potential interfering factors that play major roles in the outcome of our patients with stomach cancer. 100 consecutive patients diagnosed with gastric cancers were prospectively observed, treated and followed from november 2009 to january. absence of helicobacter pylori infection (p=0.027), absence of vascularisation (p<0.001), and undetermined histopathological type ...

calcifying fibrous tumor (cft) is a rare mesenchymal tumor, affecting children and young adults with a predilection for the soft tissue and the abdominal cavity. cft of the tubular gastrointestinal tract is very rare with less than 20 cases of gastric cfts reported in english literature. this benign hypocellular fibrosclerotic calcifying lesion can resemble other spindle cell tumors particularl...

invasive gastric mucormycosis is a rare and fatal disease. we report a rare case with longstanding sle who presented with fever. autopsy showed multiple small shallow-based ulcers in the antrum. histologic examination showed invasive mucormycosis. this is a rare case of invasive gastric mucormycosis localized exelusively in the stomach.

a case of a 40-year-old female, in whom a 6-meter long worm (taenia saginata) was found in stomach, is reported here. in this patient, t. saginata upward migration of the worm to the stomach, its rare phenomenon, worm mostly seen in the small intestine. this is mainly because of the high gastric acidity. in this patient, we believe proton pump inhibitor (ppi) use caused hypochlorhydria and coex...

Introductory literature ............... The method ................... The anatomy of the stomach and its relations to the shadow . . The normal movements of the stomach. ......... I. Movements of the pyloric part ........... 2. Movements of the pyloric sphincter ......... 3. Activity of the cardiac portion ........... The movements of the stomach in vomiting ........ The effect of the movement...

  The gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare benign tumor of unknown etiology that is localized mainly in the antrum and presents endoscopically as submucosal mass. The lesion manifests as abdominal pain, weight loss, bleeding, dyspeptic symptoms, and iron deficiency anemia. We report a case of gastric IFP presented with microcytic anaemia, dyspepsia, malena and weight loss. Endosc...