If the bleeding lesion is in the stomach — whether from an ulcer, a tumor or erosive gastritis — gastric resection including the lesion should be carried out.

Canker sores and oral cancer lesions may seem similar but there are ways to tell the difference. A lesion that's red, typically flat, and painful early on is usually a canker sore (aphthous ulcer).

Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of TB is essential because a delay in diagnosis may have serious consequences due to the progressive and contagious nature of TB. Oral lesion can be the first ...

LARGE ulcers of the duodenum are rare. Only -L# 21 cases of duodenal ulcers of 2 cm. or more have been reported in the literature. These so-called giant duodenal ulcers may involve the entire ...