Division

South Atlantic

Hospital

Grand Strand Medical Center

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

3-27-2021

Keywords

stomach diverticulum. diverticular diseases, endoscopy

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Digestive System Diseases | Gastroenterology | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Abstract

Gastric diverticula are the least common gastrointestinal diverticula. Patients can be diagnosed incidentally on EGD or present with variable symptoms such as abdominal fullness, anorexia, and perforation. Gastric diverticula can be acquired from malignancy, peptic ulcer disease, or prior surgery or be congenital. Treatment varies based on symptomatology ranging from conservative medical management with proton pump inhibitors to surgical treatment with open or laparoscopic resection. We present a case of a 73-year-old female with acquired gastric diverticulum presenting as a gastric outlet obstruction who was successfully treated with conservative medical therapy.

Comments

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Publisher or Conference

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine

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