Herein, we report on a 24-year-old woman with a large well-marginated gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. She presented with dysphagia and epigastric pain. In esophago­gastro­duodeno­scopy there was a huge bulging submucosal mass with normal appearing mucosa in the cardia in addition to a grade B gastro-esophageal reflux disease. She was treated with a proton pump inhibit...

introduction: replacement of esophagus can be accomplished using different parts of the gastrointestinal tract, in various positions and in single and multiple stages. the aim of this study is to present the results of gastric tube interposition in children with congenital esophageal anomalies and severe acquired esophageal stricture.   material and methods: this series describes 22 patients wh...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), defined as symptoms or mucosal damage caused by reflux of gastric contents into the esophageal body, is a multifactorial disorder. Malfunctioning of the anti-reflux barrier at the esophagogastric junction, consisting of the right diaphragmatic crus and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), is the pivotal abnormality. Other factors such as impaired esoph...

BACKGROUND Malignant esophageal stenosis with complete obstruction and esophagorespiratory fistula (ERF) is difficult to treat with standard endoscopic techniques. CASE PRESENTATION We report a patient in whom with local recurrence of esophageal carcinoma an esophagotracheal fistula occurred. Initially the patient had undergone esophageal resection with interposition of a gastric tube. Due to...

introduction: esophageal cancer is a common gastro intestinal malignancy. one of the most common techniques of surgery in esophageal cancer is transhiatal esophagectomy with esophagogastric anastomosis in the neck. this technique is accompanied by complications like chronic gastero-esophegeal reflux and late stenosis. this study was designed to compare the risk of complications after two surgic...

The oesophageal adenocarcinoma is an increasing pathology in the last decade, predominantly western population. A characteristic of esophageal cancer (EC) and esophageal-gastric junction (EGJC) high percent metastatic disease at time diagnosis one main causes death these patients. present case about a 78-year-old man, diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus high-grade dysplasia stenosis distal third...

We describe a giant gastric phytobezoar in a child with repaired congenital esophageal atresia. At age two, a gastric interposition (pull-up) procedure was performed for severe and recurrent esophageal strictures. For 12 months post-gastric interposition, he experienced frequent respiratory illnesses requiring hospital admissions but it was not initially appreciated that these episodes were lik...

BACKGROUND Socio-demographic factors and area of residence might influence the development of esophageal and gastric cancer. Large-scale population-based research can determine the role of such factors. METHODS This population-based cohort study included all Swedish residents aged 30-84 years in 1990-2007. Educational level, marital status, place of birth, and place of residence were evaluate...

OBJECTIVE Altered gastrointestinal function has frequently been observed in obese patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) and to determine the alterations of gastric emptying and esophageal transit by scintigraphic methods in obese patients. METHODS Scintigraphic studies of 50 obese female non-diabetic patients who had not received an...

Introduction: It has been reported the alkaline response of pancreas to duodenal acidification is partly mediated through duodenal release of H2S, but till now the effect of duodenal acidification on gastric H2S release has not been investigated. Therefore, the present study designed to evaluate the effects of duodenal acidification on gastric H2S release and level of mRNA expression of cys...