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Paraneoplastic diarrhea is a commonly described complication of gastrointestinal tract or endocrine malignancies. It is an extremely rare complication of lung adenocarcinoma, with only one previously reported case in the literature. A 46-year-old female with newly diagnosed stage IVb lung
We report the case of a 63-yr-old man who had severe secretory diarrhea associated with colonic adenocarcinoma, with a prominent signet ring cell component and numerous endocrine cells as demonstrated by positive chromogranin-A staining. Improvement in the secretory diarrhea by the somatostatin
We present a case of newly diagnosed lung adenocarcinoma and a five-month history of diarrhea. The patient was found to have elevated chromogranin A serum levels and the tumor displayed histologic and immunohistochemical features of neuroendocrine differentiation. Upon lobectomy and tumor resection,
From January, 1985, to June, 1993, 125 patients with stages B2-C adenocarcinomas of the rectum were submitted to pre- and postoperative irradiation according to Thomas Jefferson University protocol guidelines. Five hundred cGy were administered as a single preoperative dose 24 hours before surgery
OBJECTIVE
Based on preclinical in vitro synergy data, this study evaluated the activity and toxicity of a gemcitabine/oxaliplatin combination in patients with metastatic and locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
METHODS
Previously untreated metastatic and locally advanced unresectable
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical outcome of extended retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy as surgical therapy for adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas.
METHODS
Twenty patients with adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas were treated by standard pancreatoduodenectomy (standard group) between
Thirteen patients with metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma underwent treatment with continuous ambulatory 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) infusion 300 mg/m2/day and intermittent bolus methotrexate (MTX) (200 mg/m2) with calcium leucovorin (LCV) 10 mg/m2 orally every 6 h X four to eight doses given 24 h after
Fecal and nasal samples were collected from 180 calves with diarrhea and 36 clinically normal co-habitants, and tested for virus using HRT-18 cell cultures derived from human rectal adenocarcinoma. A cytopathic virus was isolated from 5 fecal and 56 nasal samples obtained from diarrheic calves. All
Herpetic infections of the gastrointestinal tract are a well-recognized entity. Involvement of the colon seems to be very rare. A 78-yr-old woman developed bloody diarrhea and abdominal discomfort 2 months after surgical treatment for adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon. Colonoscopy revealed