BACKGROUND The most common malignancy to cause gastric outlet obstruction is primary gastric adenocarcinoma and it is followed by carcinoma of the pancreas and gallbladder. Herein, we report a case of gastric outlet obstruction secondary to metastatic lobular breast carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION Fifty-seven year old Caucasian female with recently diagnosed metastatic lobular breast carcinoma t...

Recent work has uncovered a role of the microRNA (miRNA) miR-29 in remodeling of the extracellular matrix. Partial bladder outlet obstruction is a prevalent condition in older men with prostate enlargement that leads to matrix synthesis in the lower urinary tract and increases bladder stiffness. Here we tested the hypothesis that miR-29 is repressed in the bladder in outlet obstruction and that...

balloon dilatation of stricture is one of the new treatment methods among patients with gastric outlet obstruction (goo). however, the prevalence and underlying etiologies of goo in various populations are different. the goal of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of endoscopic balloon dilatation and factors that would affect its success rate patients with benign etiology for g...

The most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in neonates and infants is hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Pyloric web as a cause of gastric outlet obstruction is relatively rare in children and presents with non bilious vomiting, abdominal pain and failure to thrive. The onset of symptoms is usually late with nonspecific symptoms like vomiting and failure to thrive that seems to be due to n...

Introduction: The long-term effectiveness of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG) is limited due to development of complications related to gastric outlet obstruction at the band site. Surgical reversal or conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass has been the mainstay of treatment for complications. The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes of revising VBG to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The causes of functional anorectal outlet obstruction (outlet obstruction) include functional defecation disorder (FDD), rectocele, and rectal intussusception (RI). It is unclear whether outlet obstruction is associated with rectal hyposensitivity (RH) in patients with functional constipation (FC). The aim of this study was to determine the association between RH and outlet obst...

The prevalence of bladder outlet obstruction in women is unknown and most probably has been underestimated. Moreover, there are no standard definitions for the diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction in women. Our study was conducted to define as well as to examine the clinical and urodynamic characteristics of bladder outlet obstruction among women referred for evaluation of voiding symptoms. ...

relatively uncommon. Unintentional ingestions are usually those of meat or fish bones. Concurrent alcohol consumption is often a contributing factor. Intentional ingestions are more common occurrences in those who are intellectually impaired, have psychiatric illness, are prisoners or are edentulous. Previously published guidelines have demonstrated that 80%–90% of foreign bodies reaching the g...

A case of gastric outlet obstruction accompanied by diffuse gastritis and gastric ulcer due to cytomegalovirus infection is presented. The patient, a woman aged 67 years with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis under immunosuppressive treatment (methotrexate), was admitted to our department complaining mostly of abdominal pain located in the epigastrium and the right abdomen. Upper gastroint...