Background. Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is currently recognized as an important cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage, being responsible for about 4% of non-variceal upper GI haemorrhages and typically presents in middle-aged females. GAVE, also called “watermelon stomach”, is diagnosed through esophagogastroduodenoscopy and is characterized by the presence of visible columns of red tortuous enlarged vessels along the longitudinal folds of the antrum. The pathogenesis is still obscure and many hypotheses have been proposed such as mechanical stress, humoral and autoimmune factors. In the last two decades, numerous therapeutic strategies have been proposed, including surgical, endoscopic, and medical choices, yet successful treatment of GAVE continues to be a challenge. Currently, given the rapid response, safety, and efficacy, endoscopic ablative modalities have largely usurped medical treatments as first-line therapy, particularly using argon plasma coagulation. The actual GAVE prevalence in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is not clear, yet in difficult cases it should be considered as a cause of erythropoietin resistance. Case presentation. We report four clinical cases of GAVE syndrome patients diagnosed with stage 4 to 5 chronic kidney disease. All patients presented with anaemia and GI haemorrhage, the origin of which turned out to be GAVE syndrome. Conclusions. GAVE syndrome is a serious condition in ESRD patients, especially in those presenting with treatment-refractory anaemia. Realization of its aetiology and characteristics is essential to suspect, diagnose, and treat gastric ectasia. Only proper diagnosis and well-timed disease treatment can significantly improve a patient’s medical condition and future prognosis.

InroductionThis case presents unexpected association between disease and symptoms. We believe that it should compel clinicians to rethink the known behaviors of the benign tumors, in particular meningioma which can gain independent metastatic potential. This report aims to increase the awareness of clinicians toward patients with this unusual and clinically isolated pattern, because metastases can remain misdiagnosed for a long period of time. This case contributes to medical knowledge, diagnostic and prognostic approaches. This is also the first case of metastatic meningioma reported in Lithuania. Case reportWe report a 66-year-old woman who presented with persistent productive cough, dyspnea, fever and weakness during physical activity. Chest radiographs revealed multiple small round shaped pulmonary nodules. Thoracoscopic resection and histopathology showed a benign meningioma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain demonstrated a small dural-based mass in the left pontocerebellar angle connected with deep dilated cerebral venous network and superior petrosal sinus. Morphological findings of this tumor were consistent with a World Health Organization (WHO) grade I fibrous meningioma. 109Multiple pulmonary metastases from asymptomatic benign intracranial meningioma: a case report ConclusionMeningiomas are usually non-invasive tumors and do not metastasize and hence, are perceived as benign tumors. Patients with this uncommon and clinically isolated pattern of metastases can remain misdiagnosed for a long period of time, due to unexpected behavior of this particular tumor. This case report denies most of the criteria of possible risk factors for the development of metastases from a meningioma what allows to consider it as tumor with unpredictable behavior. Key words: meningioma, benign, asymptomatic, metastases Įvadas Šis klinikinis atvejis atspindi nenumatytą ligos pasireiškimą. Tikime, kad jis privers apgalvoti jau žinomą gerybinių navikų, tarp jų ir meningiomos, elgseną, kuri gali įgyti nepriklausomą metastazinį potencialą. Kadangi gerybinių navikų metastazės yra diagnozuojamos pavėluotai, šiuo pavyzdžiu siekiame plėsti klinicistų sąmoningumą ir budrumą nagrinėjant ligas, kurioms būdingos neįprastos klinikinės apraiškos. Tai pirmasis Lietuvoje aprašytas intrakranijinės meningiomos metastazavimo į plaučius atvejis. Klinikinis atvejisAprašome 66 metų moters atvejį. Ji skundėsi nuolatiniu produktyviu kosuliu, dusuliu, karščiavimu ir silpnumu, atsirandančiu fizinio krūvio metu. Krūtinės ląstos rentgenogramos parodė daugybinius, mažus, apvalios formos mazgus plaučiuose. Po atliktos torakoskopinės plaučių rezekcijos histopatologinio tyrimo būdu konstatuota meningioma. Atliktas galvos smegenų magnetinio rezonanso tyrimas, kurio išvada -kairiajame tilto ir smegenėlių kampe su dangalais susijęs, kontrastinę medžiagą gerai kaupiantis, smulkus navikas, išsiplėtusios giliosios smegenų venos. Histologiškai smegenų darinys, remiantis Pasaulio sveikatos organizacijos klasifikacija, yra I laipsnio fibrozinė meni...

BackgroundThis case presents unexpected association between diseases and symptoms. We believe that it should compel clinicians to rethink the known behaviors of the benign tumors, in particular meningioma which can gain independent metastatic potential. This report aims to increase the awareness of clinicians toward patients with this unusual and clinically isolated pattern, because metastases can remain misdiagnosed for a long period of time. This case contributes to medical knowledge, diagnostic and prognostic approaches. This is also the first case of metastatic meningioma reported in Lithuania. Case presentationWe report a 66-year-old woman who presented with persistant productive cough, dyspnea, fever and weakness during physical activity. Chest radiographs revealed multiple small round shaped pulmonary nodules. Thoracoscopic resection and histopathology showed a benign meningioma. Magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain demonstrated a small dural based mass in the left pontocerebellar angle connected with deep dilated cerebral venous network and superior petrosal sinus. Morphological findings of the session were consistent with a World Health Organization grade I fibrous meningioma. Klinikinė praktika 157Multiple pulmonary metastases from asymptomatic benign intracranial meningioma: case report ConclusionMeningiomas are usually non-invasive tumors and do not metastasize and hence, are perceived as benign tumors. Patients with this uncommon and clinically isolated pattern of metastases can remain misdiagnosed for a long period of time, due to unexpected behavior of this particular tumor. This case report denies most of the criteria of possible risk factors for the development of metastases from a meningioma what allows to consider it as tumor with unpredictable behavior. Key words: case report, meningioma, benign, asymptomatic, metastases. ĮvadasŠis klinikinis atvejis yra nenumatyto ligos pasireiškimo. Tikime, kad jis privers apgalvoti jau žinomą gerybinių navikų, tarp jų ir meningiomos, elgseną, kuri gali įgyti nepriklausomą metastazinį potencialą. Kadangi gerybinių navikų metastazės yra diagnozuojamos pavėluotai, šiuo pavyzdžiu siekiame plėsti klinicistų sąmoningumą ir budrumą nagrinėjant ligas, kurioms būdingos neįprastos klinikinės apraiškos. Tai pirmasis Lietuvoje aprašytas intrakranijinės meningiomos metastazavimo į plaučius atvejis. Atvejo pristatymasAprašome klinikinį atvejį 66 metų moters, kurią vargino nuolatinis produktyvus kosulys, dusulys, karščiavimas ir silpnumas, atsirandantis fizinio krūvio metu. Atliktos krūtinės ląstos rentgenogramos parodė daugybinius, mažus, apvalios formos mazgus plaučiuose. Po atliktos torakoskopinės plaučių audinių rezekcijos histopatologinio tyrimo metodu konstatuota meningioma. Atliktas galvos smegenų magnetinio rezonanso tyrimas, kurio išvada -kairiajame tilto ir smegenėlių kampe su dangalais susijęs, kontrastinę medžiagą gerai kaupiantis, smulkus navikas, išsiplėtusios giliosios smegenų venos. Histologinė smegenų darinio išvada remiantis Pasaulio sveikatos o...