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Endoscopy 1995; 27(3): 270-272
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005683
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Endoscopic Needle Aspiration of a Gastric Duplication Cyst

A. P. Ferrari, Jr., J. Van Dam, D. L. Carr-Locke
  • Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Gastric duplication cysts are rare and generally asymptomatic in adults. They are usually discovered incidentally at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy or barium contrast radiography. We report here the case of a 41-year-old woman with a gastric submucosal mass, initially diagnosed as a leiomyoma that proved to be a gastric cyst. The cyst was aspirated under direct endoscopic vision using a standard sclerotherapy needle. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a procedure.