Duodenum Inversum is a rare congenital anomaly that can produce symptoms due to gastric outlet obstruction. We report a case of a 56-year man who presented with features of delayed gastric emptying owing to duodenum inversum, which was managed successfully by prokinetic agents. The diagnostic modalities and management strategies are presented and the relevant literature has been reviewed.

Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction has been reported to be associated with tumors of liver, bile ducts and pancreas. We report two cases, one with gastric leiomyosarcoma and another with Non Hodgkin's lymphoma, complicated by portal vein block and presenting with gastric variceal bleeding. Portal vein block in both cases was due to direct vascular infiltration. Development of portal hypertens...

We have presented a case of gallbladder carcinoma with gastric outlet obstruction and gallstone ileus, a combination apparently not reported in the literature previously.

We presented a rare case of chronic afferent loop obstruction after radical resection of gastric carcinoma. A 44year-old man was admitted because of “upper abdominal distension and abdominal pain for 3 months, skin and sclera jaundice for 2 weeks”. Abdominal CT revealed dilatation of the intrahepatic bile duct and common bile duct, a large, abdominal cystic lesion, as well as left adrenal gland...

We describe a patient with a history of gastric bypass and chronic alcoholism suffering from a rare Peterson's hernia resulting from her surgery. There are a few case reports in which afferent loop obstruction was misdiagnosed as pancreatic pseudocyst after Billroth II gastrectomy. Ours is the first in which Peterson's hernia was initially misdiagnosed as a pancreatic pseudocyst in a gastric by...

adenosquamous carcinomas of stomach are rare entities comprising 0.5% of stomach carcinomas. here, we report a case of a 50-year-old female, who presented with weakness, pallor, and symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction. a partial gastrectomy was done and histology showed evidence of adenosquamous carcinoma of the antrum with metastasis to the perigastric lymph nodes. the patient condition imp...

BACKGROUND Malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is commonly seen in patients with advanced gastric-, pancreatic-, duodenal, hepatobiliary or metastatic malignancies. Ten to 25% of patients with pancreatic cancer will develop duodenal obstruction during the course of the disease. Duodenal stenting with self-expandable metal stents is an alternative treatment to surgical bypass procedures. ...

Background: Gastric tuberculosis is rare and is usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or an immunodeficient state. Here, we report five cases of gastric tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients without evidence of pulmonary involvement. Case presentation: Three patients presented with gastric outlet obstruction that required surgery to relieve the obstruction as well as to confirm the ...

We report a case of gastric bezoar-induced gastric outlet obstruction that was successfully treated with a combination of endoscopic injection and irrigation with Coca Cola. A 73-year-old diabetic woman had a history of perforated peptic ulcer and had received pyloroplasty more than 20 years previously. She had been ingesting Pho Pu Zi (Cordia dichotoma Forst. f.) as an appetizer for 1 month. S...