Sarcina ventriculi in gastric biopsies of two patients with an underlying neoplasia.

Autor: Ugarte Bilbao A; Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Basurto., de la Fuente Molinero I; Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Basurto., Bravo Rodríguez MT; Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Basurto., Arreba González MP; Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Basurto., Buendía Carcedo L; Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Basurto., Arbide Del Río N; Patología, Hospital Universitario de Basurto.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas [Rev Esp Enferm Dig] 2022 Sep; Vol. 114 (9), pp. 557.
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8667/2022
Abstrakt: We present the cases of two women aged 75 and 71 years under study for dyspepsia and weight loss. The initial gastroscopy of both patients showed a stomach full of food content, with thickened gastric folds that were hard on contact with the forceps. Gastric biopsies showed the presence of Sarcina ventriculi on active chronic gastritis, so antibiotic treatment was started (ciprofloxacin and metronidazole), without significant clinical improvement. In both patients, gastroscopy was repeated without showing macroscopic changes compared to the initial gastroscopy, which led to the suspicion of an underlying lesion.
Databáze: MEDLINE