title: Triple gastric peptic ulcer perforation.
abstract: Patients with advanced or metastatic cancer have compromised nutritional, metabolic, and immune conditions. Nevertheless, little is known about gastroduodenal perforation in cancer patients. Described in the present report is the case of a 41-year old woman with stage IV recurrent laryngeal cancer, who used homeopathic anticancer therapy and who had triple peptic ulcer perforation (PUP) that required surgical repair. Triple gastric PUP is a rare complication. Self-administration of homeopathic anticancer medication should be strongly discouraged when evidence-based data regarding efficacy and toxicity is lacking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nis University Faculty of Medicene, Nis-Serbia. mida71@open.telekom.rs.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radojkovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Clinical Center Nis, Nis-Serbia.
authors.forename: Suncica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mihajlovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nis University Faculty of Medicene, Nis-Serbia.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojanovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nis University Faculty of Medicene, Nis-Serbia.
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stanojevic
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Clinical Center Nis, Nis-Serbia.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Damnjanovic
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index