title: Haemorrhage in the course of subcardial gastrointestinal stromal tumor - a case description.
abstract: This paper is a discussion of the case of a 51-year-old female patient admitted urgently for haemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract and increased dysphagia. After preliminary treatment, the patient was qualified for surgery, during which a large lesion was discovered in the shape of a stromal tumor closely connected with the oesophago-gastric junction. A resection of the tumor and part of the oesophagus was carried out, and a cervical fistula was formed. After a 4-month period, the continuity of the gastrointestinal tract was restored by forming a substitute organ out of the ascending colon and the end of the small intestine, anastomosed on the cervix. The patient was discharged in good overall condition.
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pedowski
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine Independent Unit, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Marlena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pedowska
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Wioletta
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Masiak
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciechański
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cwik
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dąbrowski
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Digestive Tract Neoplasm, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wallner
keywords: gastrointestinal stromal tumor; haemorrhage from gastrointestinal tract; oesophageal diseases; oesophageal tumor