Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 4
Letter
Gastric ulcer with liver penetration

248-249

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8528/2021

Emanuel Dias, Hélder Cardoso, Catarina Costa, Guilherme Macedo,

Abstract
A 54-year-old male with previous history of chronic hepatitis C complained of postprandial epigastric discomfort and weight loss. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a large gastric ulcer on the lesser antral curvature, with biopsies showing granulation tissue and inflammatory activity without other significant changes. Despite therapy with double-dose proton pump inhibitor, the ulcer had not healed or diminished in size at reevaluation endoscopy eight weeks later. Biopsies were repeated and again only revealed granulation tissue and inflammation. The patient undergone partial gastrectomy where fibrotic adhesions to liver and peritoneum were noted. Remarkably, macroscopical analysis of the surgical specimen revealed an hepatic fragment adherent to the ulcer and histopathological examination was consistent with liver penetration. Liver penetration is a rare but important complication that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of medically refractory gastric ulcers, even in the absence of hepatic tissue in endoscopic biopsies.
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Received: 14/12/2021

Accepted: 22/12/2021

Online First: 10/01/2022

Published: 07/04/2022

Article Online First time: 27 days

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