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Adenocarcinoma of the pouch after silastic ring vertical gastroplasty
Christophe Zirak1, Jean Lemaitre, Eric Lebrun
1Department of Soft Tissue Surgery, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 2, boulevard Kennedy, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
Obesity Surgery
|November 27, 2002
Abstract:
A 52-year-old woman was admitted because of epigastralgia, anorexia and recently increased vomiting, 2 years after silastic ring vertical gastroplasty. On gastroscopy, a tumor mass was visualized in the pouch near the "neo-pylorus". Biopsies confirmed adenocarcinoma. She underwent total gastrectomy, and has no evidence of recurrence at 1 year. The literature on gastric carcinoma after gastroplasty is reviewed.