[Role and limitations++ of the urease test on gastric biopsy for Helicobacter pylori infection. Study of 50 cases]. / Ruolo e limiti del test all'ureasi su biopsie gastriche per l'infezione da Helicobacter pylori. Studio su 50 casi.

The authors after a review of the international literature, analyzed 50 cases of gastroduodenal pathology submitted to endoscopy and biopsy. The biopsy was analyzed with the CP test. The analysis of results of CP test and local endoscopic status offers useful indications for therapy. The authors consider and assess the data of this epidemiological study.

[An infrequent cause of upper digestive hemorrhage: gastric leiomyoma]. / Una causa non frequente di emorragia digestiva alta: il leiomioma gastrico.

Following a brief review of the forms of benign tumors originating at the smooth muscles of the stomach, a case of bleeding gastric leiomyoma treated with gastric resection is reported.