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G Mazzeo

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Palliative endoscopic treatment of malignant esophagorespiratory fistula: case report.

The authors report on a case of esophagorespiratory fistula due to squamous carcinoma of the esophagus treated on an emergency basis by endoscopic insertion of an Atkinson prosthesis following dilation of the malignant stenosis with Savary dilators. The authors suggest the endoscopic insertion of a prosthesis as the first approach in the emergency treatment of a malignant esophagorespiratory fistula because of the easiness of the technique, and its low morbidity and mortality rates; furthermore, this procedure relieves digestive and respiratory symptoms rapidly and reduces hospital stay while providing the patient with a better quality of remaining life.

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Pleomorphic carcinoma of the gallbladder: report of a case.

The authors report a rare case of primary pleomorphic carcinoma of the gallbladder in a 70-year-old woman. A polypoid tumor protruded into the lumen from the fundus of the gallbladder. Characteristic histologic findings included a general lack of architectural cohesiveness, marked pleomorphism, presence of mononucleated and multinucleated giant cells, extensive necrosis, leukocyte-tumor cell phagocytosis or cannibalism. Immunoreactivity for cytokeratin, carcinoembryonic antigen and epithelial membrane antigen as well as histochemical positivity for mucins demonstrated the epithelial nature of the tumor. The neoplasm behaved aggressively; the patient died of metastases 9 months after the operation.

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[Treatment of gastric cancer in the aged].

The A. suggest a modification of Stojanovick primary technique in the treatment of gastric cancer in the elderly. They reviewed pathology of gastric resected patients with exclusion of duodenal transit and they foretell such a technique because of a quicker performance, the scantiness of post-operative complication and, at the end, the complete lack of malabsorption syndromes which are so frequent in gastric resected patients.

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