Xanthogranulomatous pseudotumor of stomach induced by perforated peptic ulcer mimicking a stromal tumor

Eur Radiol. 2006 Oct;16(10):2371-2. doi: 10.1007/s00330-006-0188-3. Epub 2006 May 3.

Abstract

Perforation is a serious complication of peptic ulcer disease occurring in 5% of such patients. Occasionally, the perforation may be sealed off by the omentum or the adjacent organs. Sealed perforated ulcer with pseudotumor formation is very rarely encountered. Here we present a case of gastric pseudotumor induced by perforation of a peptic ulcer. The imaging features in a barium sulfate study and computed tomography mimic an intramural tumor of the stomach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / etiology
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / complications
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / surgery
  • Stomach Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach Diseases / etiology
  • Stomach Diseases / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*