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Successful treatment of a gastric plasmacytoma using a combination of endoscopic submucosal dissection and oral thalidomide
- Source :
- Clinical Endoscopy
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We report a rare case of a gastric plasmacytoma treated with endoscopic resection and oral thalidomide therapy. A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with indigestion. He had no specific medical history and unremarkable laboratory results. Gastroendoscopic findings revealed a focal, erythematous, flat elevated lesion in the anterior wall of the stomach antrum. A biopsy revealed atypical lymphocytes. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with an insulation-tipped knife was performed 45 days after diagnosis. Radiological and hematological evaluations, including a bone marrow biopsy, were performed and showed no involvement of other organs. The patient was diagnosed with extramedullary gastric plasmacytoma. Follow-up gastroendoscopy was performed three times during a 2-year period and showed nonspecific ESD scarring. The patient's condition was found to be stable.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Gastric plasmacytoma
Gastroenterology
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Case Report
Endoscopic submucosal dissection
medicine.disease
Indigestion
Surgery
Lesion
Thalidomide
medicine.anatomical_structure
Extramedullary plasmacytomas
Biopsy
medicine
Plasmacytoma
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Medical history
Bone marrow
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22342400
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical endoscopy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b428a628fd70fc77e6db24e29514fa36