Gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with intestinal pseudoobstruction, successfully treated with octreotide

Sanjay Sharma; Uday C Ghoshal; Ganesh Bhat; Gourdas Choudhuri

Gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with intestinal pseudoobstruction, successfully treated with octreotide

Indian J Med Sci. 2006 Nov;60(11):467-70.

Authors

Sanjay Sharma¹, Uday C Ghoshal, Ganesh Bhat, Gourdas Choudhuri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.

PMID: 17090868

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
Aged
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use*
Gastrointestinal Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / etiology*
Male
Octreotide / therapeutic use*
Radiography
Stomach Neoplasms / complications
Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Gastrointestinal Agents
Octreotide