Chronic diarrhea and diffuse gastric wall thickening: What is the common link?
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10.4103/2303-9027.199765 The gastric wall thickening is a diagnostic challenge for gastroenterologists and can be caused by a wide variety of benign and malignant disorders including lymphoma, adenocarcinoma, Menetriers’ disease, Crohn’s disease, peptic ulcer disease, sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. We present a case of diffuse gastric wall thickening that presented with long‐standing chronic diarrhea and on evaluation was found to be having pancreatic gastrinoma.
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