Esophageal cancer is currently being treated with Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, and has gained wide popularity in recent years. During the McKeown-MIE procedure, the azygos arch is routinely ligated to facilitate lymph node dissection and esophagus mobilization.
Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (UGIH) due to bleeding from gastric varices is a rare but life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. We present a case of a 48-year-old female who developed massive pulmonary embolism following endoscopic injection therapy with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for bleeding gastric varices.
The prevalence of gastric localisation of lymphoma reaches 68-75% of all cases of lesions of the digestive tract. MALT lymphomas develop, as a rule, in people aged 50-60 years, somewhat more often in men, and have a number of specific features.