title: Gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with intestinal pseudoobstruction, successfully treated with octreotide.
abstract: Intestinal pseudoobstruction has been reported as a paraneoplastic manifestation of several cancers, including those of gastrointestinal tract. Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, has been used successfully in the treatment of idiopathic and scleroderma-associated intestinal pseudoobstruction. We report a 65-year-old man with carcinoma stomach presenting with intestinal pseudoobstruction, which responded to octreotide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Uday C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Ghoshal
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Gourdas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Choudhuri
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000368:Aged; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D015282:Octreotide