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Case Report-Gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with intestinal pseudoobstruction, successfully treated with octreotide Sharma Sanjay, Ghoshal UdayC, Bhat Ganesh, Choudhuri Gourdas 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. Keywords Gastric tumor, intestinal obstruction, somatostatin analogue, treatment

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