Polipoid tümöral kitleyi taklit eden gastrik varisler

Endoskopide polipoid submukozal mide kitlesi görünümü veren ve cerrahi rezeksiyon planlanan gastrik varis olgusunun, baryumlu radyografi, gri skala ultrasonografi (US), renkli Doppler US ve bilgisayarlı tomografi (BT) bulgularını sunmayı amaçladık. Sekiz kez üst gastrointestinal sistem (GİS) kanaması geçiren 62 yaşındaki HCV (+) kadın olgunun endoskopi sonrası yapılan baryumlu üst GİS radyografilerinde, midenin kardiya-korpus bileşkesinde, 4,5 x 3 cm boyutlarda polipoid dolum defekti görüldü. Özofagusta varis görünümü izlenmedi. US incelemede mide posterosuperior kesiminde, renkle dolum gösteren ve tek fazlı, devamlı venöz akım içeren, kitle şeklini almış ve lümene protrüde olmuş anekoik tübüler yapılardan oluşan gastrik varisler izlendi; portal hipertansiyon bulguları elde edildi. Geç denge fazında elde olunan kontrastlı abdominal BT’de midenin posterosuperiorunda lobüle kitle görünümü ve batın içinde değişik lokalizasyonlarda, portal hipertansiyona ikincil kollateral venöz yapılar izlendi. Olgumuzda gastrik varis tanısı sadece radyolojik yöntemlerle konmuş olup, özellikle Renkli Doppler US ile gastrik varis tanısı kesinleştirilerek cerrahi rezeksiyondan kaçınılmış ve katastrofik kanama riski ortadan kaldırılmıştır.

Gastric varices mimicking polypoid tumoural mass

Our purpose is to present upper gastrointestinal system (GIS) contrast radiography, gray scale ultrasonography (US), colour Doppler US and abdominal computed tomography (CT) findings in a 62-yearold, HCV (+) female patient having gastric varices, with a history of GIS bleeding for several times of whom previous endoscopy revealed polypoid submucosal gastric mass in stomach and surgical resection was planned after endoscopy. In upper GIS contrast radiography series, 4.5 x 3 cm sized poypoid filling defect was detected in cardia-corpus junction of stomach but no esophageal varices could be demonstrated. In US, gastric varices which took the form of a gastric mass composed of anechoic tubular structures protruding into gastric lumen, demonstrating intense color filling and continuous, monophasic venous flow, were observed; portal hypertension findings were obtained. Contrast enhanced abdominal CT demonstrated a lobulated mass in posterosuperior part of stomach and collateral venous structures secondary to portal hypertension in various locations of abdomen. In this case, exact diagnosis of gastric varices was made by radiologic modalities, particularly by colour Doppler US, providing to avoid surgical resection and to prevent catastrophic bleeding.

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