Argon plasma coagulation therapy for a hemorrhagic radiation-induced gastritis in patient with pancreatic cancer.

Kazutaka Shukuwa, Keiichiro Kume, Masahiro Yamasaki, Ichiro Yoshikawa, Makoto Otsuki

Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Shool of Medicine, Kitakyushu.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2007

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Radiation-induced gastritis is a serious complication of radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer which is difficult to manage. A 79-year-old man had been diagnosed as having inoperable pancreatic cancer (stage IVa). We encountered this patient with hemorrhagic gastritis induced by external radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer that was well-treated using argon plasma coagulation (APC). After endoscopic treatment using APC, anemia associated with hemorrhagic radiation gastritis improved and required no further blood transfusion.

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Kazutaka Shukuwa, Keiichiro Kume, Masahiro Yamasaki, Ichiro Yoshikawa, Makoto Otsuki. Argon plasma coagulation therapy for a hemorrhagic radiation-induced gastritis in patient with pancreatic cancer. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2007;46(13):975-7