NCT05204420

Spontaneous Gastric Intramural Hematoma: Case Report and Literature Review

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Balamand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patient previously healthy found to have spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma

Detailed description

28 year old male patient previously healthy presented with diarrhea and diffuse abdominal pain of 1 week duration that exacerbated 1 day prior to presentation. CT showed anterior abdominal mass possibly from the outer gastric wall. Gastroscopy suspected a submucosal tumor in the body and antrum. Patient's pain exacerbated and developed drop in hemoglobin. Urgent CT scan showed a bleeding gastric tumor. Urgent laparotomy identified a bleeding gastric lesion at greater curvature. Partial gastrectomy done with abutting mesocolon resection. Surgical specimen pathology showed gastric intramural hematoma that was considered spontaneous.

Conditions

• Gastric Hemorrhage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Gastric wide local excision for bleeding mass	Laparoscopic partial gastrectomy for gastric submucosal mass

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-15
• Completion: 2022-01-01
• First posted: 2022-01-24
• Last updated: 2022-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lebanon