Gastric Outlet Obstruction as the Initial Presentation of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Karl Andersen; Sarah Burroughs; Assad Munis; Ryan T. Hoff; Alan Shapiro

doi:10.1155/2020/8850062

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2020)

Gastric Outlet Obstruction as the Initial Presentation of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Karl Andersen,
Sarah Burroughs,
Assad Munis,
Ryan T. Hoff,
Alan Shapiro

Affiliations

Karl Andersen: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA
Sarah Burroughs: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA
Assad Munis: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA
Ryan T. Hoff: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA
Alan Shapiro: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8850062
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2020

Abstract

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GOO is often the first sign of advanced upper gastrointestinal neoplasms. The most common neoplasms associated with GOO include gastric, pancreatic, and biliary tract cancers. Urinary tract urothelial carcinoma has been a rarely documented cause of GOO.

Published in Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6528 (Print); 2090-6536 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3142

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