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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33248
Endosonographic 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
Publication History
Publication Date:
12 August 2002 (online)
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
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
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
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