Gastric outlet obstruction due to antral and pylorus tumoural infiltration

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Progressive gastric distention and non-bilious vomiting.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male

Gastric overdistention is present due to asymmetrical tumoural infiltration of the antrum and pylorus. Surrounding fat stranding and a few enlarged regional lymph nodes are also observed. There is no sign of local tumoural invasion.

A few peritoneal soft tissue density masses are scattered, inferring tumoural deposits.

A few subcentimetre simple cortical cysts are seen in the kidneys.

The prostate gland is enlarged.

Case Discussion

Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) due to antral and pylorus tumoural infiltration, pathology-proven adenocarcinoma, with enlarged regional lymph node and peritoneal seeding.

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