GASTRIC-CANCER IN THE BYPASSED SEGMENT AFTER OPERATION FOR MORBID-OBESITY

Authors
LORD RV EDWARDS PD COLEMAN MJ
Citation
Rv. Lord et al., GASTRIC-CANCER IN THE BYPASSED SEGMENT AFTER OPERATION FOR MORBID-OBESITY, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 67(8), 1997, pp. 580-582
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
67
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
580 - 582
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1997)67:8<580:GITBSA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A case is reported in which two separate adenocarcinomas were detected in the bypassed distal stomach 13 years after gastric stapling with l oop gastro-enterostomy was performed for the treatment of morbid obesi ty. Retrograde endoscopy via the afferent loop was used to establish t he diagnosis, Although gastritis and metaplasia have been described in the bypassed stomach, only; one case of carcinoma in this area has pr eviously been reported.