Endoscopy 2002; 34(8): 682
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33248
Images in Focus
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Endosonographic Appearance of Gastric Adenomyoma

K.-M.  Chu1
  • 1Division of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Further Information

K.-M. Chu, M.S., F.A.C.S.

Division of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Hong Kong Medical Center
Queen Mary Hospital

Pokfulam Hong Kong
China

Fax: + 852-2819-4221

Email: chukm@hkucc.hku.hk

Publication History

Publication Date:
12 August 2002 (online)

Table of Contents

    Zoom Image

    Figure 1 A 37-year-old lady presented with intermittent epigastric pain which she had experienced for 1 year. She was otherwise healthy. The physical examination was unremarkable, and the results of basic laboratory investigations were all within normal limits. An ultrasound scan of the abdomen was normal. Upper endoscopy revealed the presence of a 1.5-cm submucosal nodule in the anterior antrum

    Zoom Image

    Figure 2 Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was performed using the Olympus catheter-probe UM-2R (12 MHz) (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). The nodule was related to the submucosa of the stomach, with a cystic center lined by a hyperechoic rim. The nodule was resected laparoscopically. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed features of adenomyoma. At the time of writing, the patient has remained asymptomatic for 36 months. The author believes this to be the first description of the EUS appearance of gastric adenomyoma

    K.-M. Chu, M.S., F.A.C.S.

    Division of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
    Department of Surgery
    University of Hong Kong Medical Center
    Queen Mary Hospital

    Pokfulam Hong Kong
    China

    Fax: + 852-2819-4221

    Email: chukm@hkucc.hku.hk

    K.-M. Chu, M.S., F.A.C.S.

    Division of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
    Department of Surgery
    University of Hong Kong Medical Center
    Queen Mary Hospital

    Pokfulam Hong Kong
    China

    Fax: + 852-2819-4221

    Email: chukm@hkucc.hku.hk

    Zoom Image

    Figure 1 A 37-year-old lady presented with intermittent epigastric pain which she had experienced for 1 year. She was otherwise healthy. The physical examination was unremarkable, and the results of basic laboratory investigations were all within normal limits. An ultrasound scan of the abdomen was normal. Upper endoscopy revealed the presence of a 1.5-cm submucosal nodule in the anterior antrum

    Zoom Image

    Figure 2 Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was performed using the Olympus catheter-probe UM-2R (12 MHz) (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). The nodule was related to the submucosa of the stomach, with a cystic center lined by a hyperechoic rim. The nodule was resected laparoscopically. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed features of adenomyoma. At the time of writing, the patient has remained asymptomatic for 36 months. The author believes this to be the first description of the EUS appearance of gastric adenomyoma