Peritoneal metastatic adenocarcinoma possibly due to a gastric duplication cyst: a case report and literature review

• Published in: BMC gastroenterology Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 48
• Main Authors: Liu, Kuiliang, Lin, Xiangchun, Wu, Jing, Liu, Hong, Meng, Mingming, Su, Hui, Tai, Weiping, Chang, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 19.03.2014
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - secondary; Adult; Case Report; Cysts - congenital; Cysts - diagnosis; Cysts - surgery; Gastroenterology; Humans; Male; Neoplasm Seeding; Peritoneal Neoplasms - pathology; Peritoneal Neoplasms - secondary; Stomach - abnormalities; Stomach - surgery; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Gastric duplication cysts are rare congenital abnormalities, and malignant transformation of these duplications is also thought to be rare. During a routine health checkup, a 28-year-old man underwent abdominal sonography followed by computed tomography (CT) with contrast agent, which revealed a cys...