Emergency Atypical Resection for Perforated Gastric Gist - Open Journal of Gastroenterology

OJGas > Vol.4 No.3, March 2014

Open Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 4, Issue 3 (March 2014)

ISSN Print: 2163-9450 ISSN Online: 2163-9469

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Emergency Atypical Resection for Perforated Gastric Gist ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2014.43018 3,588 Downloads 4,782 Views Citations

Author(s)

Manuel Muinelo Lorenzo, Lucia Dorado Castro, Maria Isabel Perez Moreiras, Jose Conde Vales, Jose Antonio Costa Buján

Affiliation(s)

Department of General Surgery and Digestive Diseases, Lucus Augusti Universitary Hospital, Lugo, Spain.

ABSTRACT

We report the case of a 77-year-old male who came to the emergency department with epigastric pain accompanied by fever and chills. After the diagnosis of intra-abdominal abscess and gastric tumor, emergency surgery was performed with resection of the tumor and abscess drainage. The patient had a good postoperative course.

KEYWORDS

GIST; Gastrectomy; Intra-Abdominal Abscess

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Lorenzo, M. , Castro, L. , Moreiras, M. , Vales, J. and Buján, J. (2014) Emergency Atypical Resection for Perforated Gastric Gist. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 4, 118-120. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2014.43018.

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