Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 11
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Groove pancreatitis: a rare cause of severe gastric dilation

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6765/2019

Paula Martínez de la Cruz, Daniel Riado Mínguez, José Martel Villagrán, Cristina Verdejo Gil,

Abstract
A 57-year-old male with a history of chronic pancreatitis related to heavy smoking and alcohol abuse was evaluated in the emergency department due to a 3-day history of epigastric pain and postprandial vomiting. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) was performed and revealed a severe gastric dilation that reached the pelvis. There was a marked concentric mural thickening at the duodenal level and an intramural cysts that caused a narrowing of the light and a retrograde gastric dilation. There were no findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis. A diagnosis was made of duodenal obstruction due to groove pancreatitis with severe secondary gastric dilatation.
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Received: 23/11/2019

Accepted: 27/12/2019

Online First: 15/10/2020

Published: 10/11/2020

Article revision time: 20 days

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