Incidental gastric glomus tumor after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Authors

  • Mehmet Tahir Oruç Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of General Surgery
  • Tuğrul Çakir Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of General Surgery
  • Arif Aslaner Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of General Surgery
  • Sema Çekiç Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of Pathology
  • Alkan Sakar Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of General Surgery
  • Erdem Can Yardimci Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya. Department of General Surgery

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2016.028

Keywords:

Glomus Tumor, Stomach, Gastrectomy, Bariatric Surgery, Incidental Findings

Abstract

Gastric glomus tumors (GGTs) are unusual benign, subepithelial, mesenchymal neoplasms of modified smooth muscle cells representing a neoplastic counterpart of glomus bodies. A 38-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic presenting morbid obesity. Routine preoperative evaluations, such as laboratory analysis, abdominal ultrasonography, and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, were performed. She underwent a classical laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). The postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged for outpatient control. Her histopathology report revealed a GGT 0.8 cm in diameter. No further treatment was done and she had lost 28 kg at the postoperative sixth month. Here, we present the case of GGT, which was diagnosed incidentally after LSG

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Published

2016-03-10

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Article / Clinical Case Report

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How to Cite

Oruç, M. T., Çakir, T., Aslaner, A., Çekiç, S., Sakar, A., & Yardimci, E. C. (2016). Incidental gastric glomus tumor after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Autopsy and Case Reports, 6(1), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2016.028