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Case Reports
. 2005 Sep;15(8):1215-7.
doi: 10.1381/0960892055002383.

Gastric pouch carcinoma after gastric bypass for morbid obesity

M Toledano Trincado  1 , J C Martin del Olmo, J García Castaño, C Cuesta, J I Blanco, Said Awad, M A Carbajo
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Gastric pouch carcinoma after gastric bypass for morbid obesity

M Toledano Trincado et al. Obes Surg. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

The relationship between bariatric surgery and gastric cancer is conjectural. We present a 52-year-old woman with BMI 45 operated initially by a Lap-Band procedure complicated by gastric wall erosion of the band 9 months later. She was re-operated and the band was removed. She subsequently underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 5 years after, gastric carcinoma was discovered in the gastric pouch. Because of varied symptoms following bariatric surgery, patients may not present promptly with symptoms related to a gastric carcinoma.

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