Chronic cholelithiasis with gallstones lodged in an isolated subserosal intramural gastric pouch

Chronic cholelithiasis with gallstones lodged in an isolated subserosal intramural gastric pouch.

West Indian Med J 2005; 54: (1) 85 INTRODUCTION Gallstones presenting as cholecystoduodenal, cholecystocholedochal and cholecysto-gastric fistulae causing gastric outlet obstruction (Bouveret’s syndrome) or the classical gallstone ileus are well documented. Gallstones penetrating the gastric wall but not the gastric mucosa, and lying in an isolated subserosal, intramural portion of the stomach ...

Gallstones in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

With prevalence of 10-20% in adults in developed countries, gallstone disease (GSD) is one of the most prevalent and costly gastrointestinal tract disorders in the world. In addition to gallstone disease, chronic liver disease (CLD) is also an important global public health problem. The reported frequency of gallstone in chronic liver disease tends to be higher. The prevalence of gallstone dise...

Intramural gastric pseudocyst

RATIONALE Intramural pseudocyst, although first reported several decades ago, is a rare entity. Scientific knowledge regarding its clinical management is sparse. PATIENT CONCERNS We present three cases to show the diverse clinical patterns of patients diagnosed with an intramural gastric pseudocyst. DIAGNOSIS A final diagnosis should rest on proper evaluation by cross sectional imaging, inc...

Spontaneous intramural gastric haematoma in an anticoagulated patient.

We report a case of a 77-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Unit with a history of several hours of epigastric pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting. She had a past medical history of rheumatic mitral valve disease with commissurotomy in 1982 and permanent atrial fibrillation, currently on anticoagulation therapy with acenocoumarol. On admission, the patient was in atrial fibrillation ...

Gastric intramural PCO2 in peritonitis and shock.