EDITOR'S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
An unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction
Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Eastern Nethersole Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
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Dr J P Y Ha
Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong; hapy@ha.org.hk
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A 55-year-old woman presented with a 1-day history of repeated vomiting of non-bile stained content. She also had intermittent epigastric pain and dizziness for 3 months. She did not have a history of tarry stool or fresh per rectal bleeding. She was pale and abdominal examination showed succession splash and a ballotable right upper quadrant mass. Laboratory tests revealed a haemoglobin level of 4.7 g/dl and an albumin level of 27 g/l. CT of the abdomen was performed (fig 1 A–C
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Figure 1 -A A—C; CT of the abdomen.
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