Complicated Gastric Duplication Cyst in an Adult Patient: Uncommon presentation of an uncommon disease

Authors

  • Mohamad Abdalkader
  • Sacha Al Hassan
  • Alaa Taha
  • Irina Nica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v11i8.3124

Keywords:

Gastric duplication cyst, Duplication cyst, Upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Hematemesis, endoscopic ultrasound

Abstract

Gastric duplication cyst is a very rare congenital anomaly accounting up to 4% of all gastrointestinal tract duplications. It is a quite rare anomaly in adults, the majority of the cases are diagnosed in the neonatal period. Gastric duplication cysts are usually asymptomatic or they do present with non-specific symptoms. They are usually discovered incidentally during endoscopy or laparotomy or very rarely after getting complicated. We describe herein, along with literature review, a case of an adult patient who presented with abdominal pain and bloody vomiting and turned out to have a gastric duplication cyst complicated by internal bleeding.

Author Biographies

Mohamad Abdalkader

Neuroradiology fellow

Boston Medical Center

Massachusets, USA

Sacha Al Hassan

Pediatric resident

Lebanese University

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Alaa Taha

Gastroenterology fellow

Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc

Irina Nica

Radiologist

Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc

Published

2017-08-27

Issue

Section

Gastrointestinal Radiology