Onak Kandemir N. | Dogan Gün B. | Irkörücü O. | Tokgöz H. | Barut F. | Cömert M. | Özdamar Ş.O.

Letter | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 2 ) , pp.235 - 236

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Onak Kandemir N. | Bahadir B. | Bektaş S. | Barut F. | Yurdakan G. | Dogan Gün B. | Engin H.

Article | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 1 ) , pp.77 - 82

Congenital melanocytic nevi are hamartomatous lesions that develop from the neural crest and arise during odontogenesis. In this report, we present two malignant melanoma cases developed from congenital melanocytic nevi and revealed by gastrointestinal system metastases. The first case was a 71-year-old female who presented with pleural and peritoneal effusion and underwent biopsy due to detection of nodular lesions in the duodenum by endoscopic examination. The second case was a 36-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal pain in whom segmental ileal resection was performed due to mass lesions causing invaginations in the . . . ileum. Histopathological examination of the lesions showed a diffuse neoplastic infiltration comprising the entire mucosal layers. In neoplastic cells having a marked atypia and pleomorphism, immunoreactions with S-100, HMB-45, and Melan A were detected. Both cases were diagnosed as malignant melanoma. Abdominal skin in the first case and the femoral region in the second case exhibited congenital melanocytic nevi, and those lesions were determined to show a transformation towards malignant melanoma in the histopathological studies. Malignant melanoma development in gastrointestinal system may have a primary or metastatic character. Definitive diagnosis always requires detailed clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses Daha fazlası Daha az

Aydemir S. | Savranlar A. | Engin H. | Cihan A. | Üstündag Y. | Özer T. | Dogan Gün B.

Article | 2006 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology17 ( 1 ) , pp.50 - 52

We present the case of a 53-year-old male with subtotal gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy due to gastric cancer who later developed cancer relapse and diffuse plaque-like calcification in the residual gastric tissue. As far as we know, this is the first case in the English literature in whom gastric tumor calcification developed one year after gastric cancer operation. We also discuss possible mechanisms of gastric wall calcification in such cases.

Özdamar Ş.O. | Bektaş S. | Erdem Özdamar S. | Gedikoglu G. | Dogan Gün B. | Bahadir B.

Article | 2007 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology18 ( 2 ) , pp.71 - 76

Background/aims: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are considered a specialized group of mesenchymal neoplasms. In this study, the histomorphologic and immunohistochemical features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors are compared with nuclear morphometric results. Methods: Morphometric nuclear parameters such as mean area, mean roundness factor, mean form ellipse, mean length and mean perimeter were evaluated in hematoxylin and eosin stained slides of 22 gastrointestinal stromal tumors (9 benign and 13 malignant) by using a computer-assisted image analysis system. Morphometric results were compared with tumor behavior and tumor size, t . . .he presence of necrosis, mitotic index, and immunohistochemical expressions of p53 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Results: We found that tumor necrosis was correlated with mean nuclear roundness factor, mean nuclear form ellipse, mean nuclear length and mean nuclear perimeter ( Daha fazlası Daha az