An Unexpected Gastric Subepithelial Mass

Rare Subepithelial Mass Diagnosed as Gastric Splenosis via EUS-FNA

A 20-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a gastric subepithelial mass, noted incidentally on an esophagogastroduodenoscopy performed for evaluation of dyspepsia (Figure 1). She had a past medical history of Diamond-Blackfan syndrome status post bone marrow transplant, and recurrent acute pancreatitis status post total pancreatectomy with splenectomy 4 years before presentation. Endosc...

An Extremely Rare Case of Gastric Subepithelial Tumor: Gastric Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. It is common in women of childbearing age, and is most frequently located in the pelvic cavity. Approximately 10% of endometriosis cases occur outside of the pelvic cavity in locations such as the intestines, genitourinary system, kidneys, lungs, and skin. However, there have been few r...

Duodenal Subepithelial Lesion? An Unexpected Endoscopic Ultrasound Finding

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpge.2015.07.009 2341-4545/© 2015 Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia. Published CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4 ndophytic polypoid, high density, heterogeneous lesion, ith 26 mm; biliary tree and pancreas were normal (Fig. 1). pper endoscopy (Fig. 2A) and duodenoscopy (Fig. 2B) dentified a 25 mm large subepithelial lesion, di...

An unexpected abdominal mass.

An unexpected cause of gastric submucosal lesion

DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082017AI3772 A 52-year-old asymptomatic patient underwent a followup endoscopy for Barrett’s esophagus. His exam showed a 1.5cm bulge in the gastric antrum (Figure 1A). The patient was referred for endoscopic ultrasound, which considered the lesion as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (Figure 1B), but not a typical one, a computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen was, then, su...