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A Kadayifçi

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Paget's disease of the esophagus.

We describe the case of a 72-year-old male patient who was suffering from Pagetoid spread to the esophageal mucosa from adenocarcinoma located in the distal esophagus and proximal stomach. Esophageal Paget's disease is rare. The histogenesis of extramammary Paget's disease has remained controversial. In the majority of cases, it originates from a primary esophageal tumor. In this report, we describe a patient who was suffering from esophageal adenocarcinoma and discuss the origin of extramammary Paget's disease in the light of the literature.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Multiple lymphomatous polyposis.

Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) is a distinctive and particularly rare clinical type of malignant gastrointestinal lymphoma, which is classified as B-cell centrocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. this rare entity has been recently reclassified as mantle cell lymphoma. We herein report three additional cases of MLP involving various segments of the gastrointestinal tract. MLP has an aggressive biologic behavior and a relatively poor prognosis and must be treated accordingly as a high-grade lymphoma with systemic chemotherapy.

Aged↗

Acute tumor lysis syndrome following intrathecal methotrexate.

We report a 17-year-old boy with meningeal involvement of lymphoblastic lymphoma who experienced acute tumor lysis syndrome following intrathecal administration of methotrexate. Intrathecally injected methotrexate provides a slow- release reservoir of methotrexate into the bloodstream with prolonged cytotoxic levels. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of tumor lysis syndrome to be described after intrathecal methotrexate injection. The pathogenesis of this unusual complication of intrathecal chemotherapy is discussed.

Adolescent↗

Tumor lysis syndrome following single-dose mitoxantrone.

We report here a 16-year-old boy with pre-B-type acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed acute tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) following 12 h mitoxantrone infusion. TLS is a distinct clinical entity which has been recognized most frequently with aggressive combination chemotherapy of rapidly proliferating hematologic neoplasms. There have been a few reports of single-agent-induced tumor lysis, but to our knowledge, this is the first case reported with mitoxantrone alone.

Adolescent↗

Does smoking influence the eradication of Helicobacter pylori and duodenal ulcer healing with different regimens?

To determine the effect of smoking on Helicobacter pylori eradication and ulcer healing, we investigated 232 patients with H. pylori-positive duodenal ulcer. Patients were given one of seven different treatment protocols and divided into three groups according to smoking habits. Group 1 (n = 128) consisted of non-smokers, group 2 (n = 65) of mild smokers (5-20 cigarettes/day) and group 3 (n = 39) of heavy smokers (> 20/day). The eradication of H. pylori and ulcer healing rate was controlled eight weeks later after ceasing the therapy. The overall eradication rate was 66% in all patients and 68%, 66%, 59% in each group, respectively. The eradication rates showed no statistical difference between groups. Complete ulcer healing was achieved in 84% of all patients and ulcer healing rate between groups did not show any significance (85%, 83% and 82% respectively). These results suggest that smoking status does not influence the eradication of H. pylori and duodenal ulcer healing rates at eight weeks in patients on different treatment schedules.

Adolescent↗