1. Laparoscopic Resection of a Gastric Diverticulum in an Adolescent
- Author
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Tamarah Westmoreland, Jennifer Mills, Arthur B. Meyers, Jerry French, and William T. Adamson
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,pediatrics ,gastric diverticulum ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Gastroesophageal Junction ,Asymptomatic ,surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pediatric Surgery ,medicine ,Laparoscopic resection ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Stomach ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,General Engineering ,Incidental Discovery ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,digestive system diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Gastric diverticulum ,General Surgery ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Pyelogram - Abstract
Gastric diverticula rarely occur in adolescence. In adults, they are predominantly congenital, asymptomatic, and are located adjacent to the gastroesophageal junction on the posterior aspect of the stomach wall. In this report we present a 14-year-old female who underwent laparoscopic gastric diverticulectomy after incidental discovery on magnetic resonance urography.
- Published
- 2020