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Editor's quiz: GI snapshot
Unusual cystic lesion adjacent to the stomach
  1. John J McGoran1,
  2. Joseph H Mullineux2,
  3. Christopher D Sutton3,
  4. Sudarshan R Kadri1
  1. 1 Department of Digestive Diseases, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
  2. 2 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
  3. 3 Department of Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
  1. Correspondence to Dr John J McGoran, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; jmcgoran01{at}qub.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2019-318823

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    Introduction

    A 47-year-old woman with suspected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent a cardiac MRI, which detected the presence of an incidental cystic lesion adjacent to the upper GI tract. She was asymptomatic from a GI viewpoint, and her case was discussed in the multidisciplinary team meeting after a CT scan supported the incidental finding (figure 1A and B). The recommendation of the team, supported by the wishes of the patient, was that she would undergo endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination and contents aspiration of this abnormality to gain greater clarification.

    Figure 1

    (A) Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance localiser image displaying a cystic lesion adjacent …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JJM wrote the original draft of this article. JHM and SRK provided the enclosed images. All authors contributed to the final edit of the piece.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.