Adult gastric duplication: an unknown condition within the spectrum of gastric submucosal lesions

Abstract

The definitive histological diagnosis was gastric duplication. Thus, the previous diagnosis of a "contained" perforated gastric ulcer was in fact a complication of the gastric duplication itself.

Gastric Duplication in an Adult Female: A Challenging Diagnosis

“…Preoperative diagnosis of such duplications is difficult. CT scan is one of the most useful tools and it shows thick-wall cysts with inner layer enhancement [ 1 ]. MRI can provide additional information concerning the content of the cysts, but it has not been proven to have diagnostic superiority compared to CT [ 1 , 2 ].…”

“…CT scan is one of the most useful tools and it shows thick-wall cysts with inner layer enhancement [ 1 ]. MRI can provide additional information concerning the content of the cysts, but it has not been proven to have diagnostic superiority compared to CT [ 1 , 2 ]. Both methods are reported to be inaccurate in 43-70% of the cases.…”

“…Gastrointestinal duplications (GDs) can be found in all parts of the gastrointestinal tract. They are more common in the ileum, followed by esophagus, jejunum, colon, and stomach [ 1 ]. Duplications of the stomach comprise 2-8% of all duplications [ 1 ].…”

“…They are more common in the ileum, followed by esophagus, jejunum, colon, and stomach [ 1 ]. Duplications of the stomach comprise 2-8% of all duplications [ 1 ]. They are usually diagnosed during the first year of birth and more than 70% of the cases involve patients younger than 12 years of age [ 1 , 2 ].…”

“…Duplications of the stomach comprise 2-8% of all duplications [ 1 ]. They are usually diagnosed during the first year of birth and more than 70% of the cases involve patients younger than 12 years of age [ 1 , 2 ]. We present a case of a gastric duplication cyst in a 29-year-old female that was successfully treated at our center.…”