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Case Reports
. 2008 Mar;18(3):345-8.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9394-6. Epub 2008 Jan 25.

Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the gastric pouch 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Christine Sun  1 , Christian S Jackson, Mark Reeves, Stewart Rendon
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Case Reports

Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the gastric pouch 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Christine Sun et al. Obes Surg. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

A 65-year-old male presented 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) with cancer of the gastric pouch. At the time of detection, the cancer was already metastatic. This case represents the first reported metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma arising from the gastric pouch following RYGBP.

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