Spontaneous Gastric Intramural Hematoma: Case Report and Literature Review

University of Balamand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastric Hemorrhage

Treatments: Procedure: Gastric wide local excision for bleeding mass

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05204420

UBalamand

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patient previously healthy found to have spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma

Full description

28 year old male patient previously healthy presented with diarrhea and diffuse abdominal pain of 1 week duration that exacerbated 1 day prior to presentation. CT showed anterior abdominal mass possibly from the outer gastric wall. Gastroscopy suspected a submucosal tumor in the body and antrum. Patient's pain exacerbated and developed drop in hemoglobin. Urgent CT scan showed a bleeding gastric tumor. Urgent laparotomy identified a bleeding gastric lesion at greater curvature. Partial gastrectomy done with abutting mesocolon resection. Surgical specimen pathology showed gastric intramural hematoma that was considered spontaneous.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any patient presenting with gastric bleeding tumors

Exclusion criteria

• patients on anticoagulants and patient with gastric medical history