Pedunculated liposarcoma of the esophagus.

Polypoid tumours of the esophagus present diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Liposarcomas are infrequent among them. We report a recent case. A 73-year-old male patient was seen in May 1995 in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, Clinica Modelo de Morón, with intermittent dysphagia and dyspnoea due to recurrent vomiting. A laryngeal lineal tomography showed a subglottic obstruction due to extrinsic compression. The patient was referred to the Gastroenterology Department, where an upper gastrointestinal (upper GI) series demonstrated mega-esophagus with abundant retained food. Endoscopy showed a large intraluminal mass covered by normal mucosa which arose on the posterior wall. Videofluoroscopy and chest CT diagnosed a probable polypoid lipoma due to its densitometric characteristics. The tumour was resected by left cervicotomy and left esophagotomy. The patient's progress to date is favourable. Pathology studies showed a well-differentiated liposarcoma. According to the literature, the first case was reported in 1983, and ours is only the seventh case in the world to be documented.

Pedunculated liposarcoma of the esophagus.

Polypoid tumors of the esophagus present diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Liposarcomas are infrequent among them. We report a recent case. A 73-year-old male patient was seen in May 1995 in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, Clínica Modelo de Morón, with intermittent dysphagia and dyspnoea due to recurrent vomiting. A laryngeal lineal tomography showed a subglottic obstruction due to extrinsic compression. The patient was referred to the Gastroenterology Department, where an upper gastrointestinal (upper GI) series demonstrated mega-esophagus with abundant retained food. Endoscopy showed a large intraluminal mass covered by normal mucosa which arose on the posterior wall. Videofluoroscopy and chest CT diagnosed a probable polypoid lipoma due to its densitometric characteristics. The tumour was resected by left cervicotomy and left esophagotomy. The patient's progress to date is favourable. Pathology studies showed a well-differentiated liposarcoma. According to the literature, the first case was reported in 1983, and ours is only the seventh case in the world to be documented.

[Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. Report of a case]. / Síndrome de Cronkhite-Canada. Presentación de un caso.

The case of a 71 year old woman who developed a Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is presented, with generalized gastrointestinal polyposis, skin hyperpigmentation, onychodystrophia and alopecia. She had severe diarrhea with hypoalbuminemia and unusual dermal and articular changes. The patient had a partial remission following important protein diet therapy supplemented with vitamins and antibiotics for the intestinal bacterial over-growth. This is the first report of this entity in Argentina.

Sindrome de Cronkhite-Canada: presentacion de un caso / Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: report of a case

Se presenta una paciente del sexo femenino de 71 años con antecedentes de una gastrectomía parcial por gastritis erosiva y que desarrolla un síndrome de Cronkhite-Canada con sudopoliposis gastrointestinal generalizada, hiperpigmentación de la piel, onicodistrofia y alopecía. Presentaba diarrea severa con intensa hipooalbuminemia y alteraciones asociadas inusuales con hiperelasticidad cutánea e hiperextensibilidad articular en los dedos. Se observó remisión parcial del síndrome luego de intenso tratamiento dietético y de desinfección con antibióticos del tracto gastrointestinal

Síndrome de Cronkhite-Canada. Presentación de un caso. / [Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. Report of a case]

The case of a 71 year old woman who developed a Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is presented, with generalized gastrointestinal polyposis, skin hyperpigmentation, onychodystrophia and alopecia. She had severe diarrhea with hypoalbuminemia and unusual dermal and articular changes. The patient had a partial remission following important protein diet therapy supplemented with vitamins and antibiotics for the intestinal bacterial over-growth. This is the first report of this entity in Argentina.

Sindrome de Cronkhite-Canada: presentacion de un caso / Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: report of a case

Se presenta una paciente del sexo femenino de 71 años con antecedentes de una gastrectomía parcial por gastritis erosiva y que desarrolla un síndrome de Cronkhite-Canada con sudopoliposis gastrointestinal generalizada, hiperpigmentación de la piel, onicodistrofia y alopecía. Presentaba diarrea severa con intensa hipooalbuminemia y alteraciones asociadas inusuales con hiperelasticidad cutánea e hiperextensibilidad articular en los dedos. Se observó remisión parcial del síndrome luego de intenso tratamiento dietético y de desinfección con antibióticos del tracto gastrointestinal (AU)

Colonic stenoses: use of oral barium when retrograde flow is completely obstructed on barium enema studies.

Forty patients with complete obstruction to retrograde barium flow on barium enema examinations, without clinical or radiographic evidence of obstruction, were studied further with orally administered barium in the same session. All patients had undergone aborted double-contrast barium enema studies and had received antispasmodics intramuscularly before the examination. The authors describe the technique, as well as the clinical and radiologic findings, that allows the safe ingestion of oral barium in patients with stenotic lesions of the colon. In all patients, oral barium passed through the small bowel and the stenotic site in an average of 148 minutes, with no complications. In seven patients, there were synchronous lesions in the colon and small bowel, and the findings were determined better with oral barium studies in 19 patients. If a barium enema study is done and retrograde passage of barium is obstructed by a lesion in the left side of the colon, additional diagnostic information can be obtained by giving the patients oral barium. This practice is safe if precise criteria are applied.

[Intermediate gastric cancer]. / Cancer gástrico intermedio.

Gastric Cancer comprises two basic types: Advanced Gastric Cancer (A.G.C.) and Early Gastric Cancer (E.G.C.). A.G.C. extends beyond the proper muscle layer with a 5 to 17%, five years survival rate after surgery. E.G.C. does not extend beyond the submucosa (with or without metastasis to regional lymph nodes) and has a 80 - 95% five years survival rate. Intermediate Gastric Cancer, PM G.C. (Gastric cancer of the proper muscle layer) does not surpass the proper muscle layer and offers a five years life expectance of near 60% after adequate surgical treatment, with peculiar features in radiology, endoscopy and evolutivity. We report a case of PM G.C., "depressed" and "protruded". The proper muscle layer was invaded by the depressed lesion". Both lesions were continguous.

Cancer gástrico intermedio / [Intermediate gastric cancer]

Gastric Cancer comprises two basic types: Advanced Gastric Cancer (A.G.C.) and Early Gastric Cancer (E.G.C.). A.G.C. extends beyond the proper muscle layer with a 5 to 17

, five years survival rate after surgery. E.G.C. does not extend beyond the submucosa (with or without metastasis to regional lymph nodes) and has a 80 - 95

five years survival rate. Intermediate Gastric Cancer, PM G.C. (Gastric cancer of the proper muscle layer) does not surpass the proper muscle layer and offers a five years life expectance of near 60

after adequate surgical treatment, with peculiar features in radiology, endoscopy and evolutivity. We report a case of PM G.C., [quot ]depressed[quot ] and [quot ]protruded[quot ]. The proper muscle layer was invaded by the depressed lesion[quot ]. Both lesions were continguous.

Cancer gástrico intermedio. / [Intermediate gastric cancer]

Gastric Cancer comprises two basic types: Advanced Gastric Cancer (A.G.C.) and Early Gastric Cancer (E.G.C.). A.G.C. extends beyond the proper muscle layer with a 5 to 17

, five years survival rate after surgery. E.G.C. does not extend beyond the submucosa (with or without metastasis to regional lymph nodes) and has a 80 - 95

five years survival rate. Intermediate Gastric Cancer, PM G.C. (Gastric cancer of the proper muscle layer) does not surpass the proper muscle layer and offers a five years life expectance of near 60

after adequate surgical treatment, with peculiar features in radiology, endoscopy and evolutivity. We report a case of PM G.C., [quot ]depressed[quot ] and [quot ]protruded[quot ]. The proper muscle layer was invaded by the depressed lesion[quot ]. Both lesions were continguous.