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Gastric Carcinoma

eMedicine — Overview: Gastric carcinoma is the most common cancer in the world after lung cancer and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Though a marked reduction has been observed in the incidence of gastric carcinoma in ... Gastric carcinoma is ...More…
Gastric Cancer

eMedicine — Overview: Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. Many Asian countries, including Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan, have very high rates of gastric cancer. Gastric cancer was the leading cause ...More…
Dumping Syndrome

eMedicine — Overview: The stomach serves as the receptive and storage site of ingested food. The primary functions of the stomach are to act as a reservoir, to initiate the digestive process, and to release its contents downstream into ... Chief, Section of ...More…
Achlorhydria

eMedicine — Overview: Achlorhydria has been defined by multiple separate systems in reference to gastric acid secretion.First, achlorhydria has been defined by a peak acid output in response to a maximally effective stimulus that results in an intragastric ...More…
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Surgical Treatment

eMedicine — Overview: Acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that remains a common cause of hospitalization. The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is approximately 100 cases per 100,000 ...More…
Mallory-Weiss Syndrome

eMedicine — Overview: In 1929, Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss first described a syndrome characterized by esophageal bleeding caused by a mucosal tear in the esophagus as a result of forceful vomiting or retching. The initial description was associated ...More…
Maria Triantafyllopoulou, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is a gram-negative bacillus responsible for one of the most common infections found in humans worldwide.1 Warren and Marshall first cultured and identified the organism as Campylobacter pylori in 1982. By 1989, ...More…
Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease

eMedicine — Overview: Gastritis includes a myriad of disorders that involve inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa, including erosive gastritis caused by Helicobacter pylori bacterial infections, other infectious gastritises, nonsteroidal ...More…
Gastric Ulcer

eMedicine — Overview: Peptic ulcers are mucosal breaks of 3 mm or greater and are common, occurring in about 10% of adults in Western countries.1Gastric ulcers account for about one third of peptic ulcers, and duodenal ulcers account ... Peptic ulcers are ...More…
Gastric Outlet Obstruction

eMedicine — Overview: Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is not a single entity; it is the clinical and pathophysiological consequence of any disease process that produces a mechanical impediment to gastric emptying. Clinical entities that can result in GOO ...More…
Wermer Syndrome (MEN Type 1)

eMedicine — Overview: Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes consist of 2 categories, MEN 1 and MEN 2. Since 1975, MEN 2 (Sipple syndrome) has been subcategorized into MEN 2a and MEN 2b.The combination of parathyroid tumors, pancreatic islet cell ...More…
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

eMedicine — Overview: The diagnosis and therapy for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) has evolved over the past 3 decades from passive diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy with medical therapy until surgical intervention was needed to ...More…

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