Gastric Ulcer Revealed by Computed Tomography in a Patient with Tongue Cancer after Percutaneous Gastrostomy

Vol. 5, No. 1, 2011

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Published: April 2011

Gastric Ulcer Revealed by Computed Tomography in a Patient with Tongue Cancer after Percutaneous Gastrostomy
Masafumi Mizuide, Satoru Kakizaki, Sachiko Yoshida, Masatomo Mori

Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

Address of Corresponding Author

Case Rep Gastroenterol 2011;5:136-138 (DOI: 10.1159/000326939)

Key Words

Gastric ulcer
Computed tomography

Abstract

With the advances in computed tomography (CT) imaging, CT can result in precise imaging, even of the gastrointestinal tract. However, the diagnostic quality of endoscopy is superior to CT because of precise mucosal observations or biopsy procedure. In the present case, CT was useful in the diagnosis of a gastric ulcer because endoscopy was deemed too difficult to perform due to tongue cancer occupying the oral space. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the CT images revealed an ulcerous lesion at the upper posterior wall of the stomach. CT may therefore be helpful for the diagnosis of gastric lesions when usual endoscopy is difficult to perform, as observed in the present patient.

Author Contacts

Satoru Kakizaki, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine and Molecular ScienceGunma University Graduate School of Medicine
3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511 (Japan)
Tel. +81 27 220 8127, E-Mail kakizaki@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp

Article Information

Published online: April 6, 2011
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 1,

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