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Case Reports
. 2008 Sep;4(9):641-3.

An unusual case of recurrent gastric abscess

Maqsood Khan, Jack Leya, Sonu Dhillon
Case Reports

An unusual case of recurrent gastric abscess

Maqsood Khan et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2008 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomography scans of the abdomen demonstrating a gastric intraluminal wall abscess (indicated by the arrows), shown from different cut images.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Submucosal antral mass measuring 3 cm in the prepyloric area, shown from different angles during endoscopy.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Endoscopic ultrasound image demonstrating a 2-cm hypoechoic submucosal lesion suggestive of an abscess in the antrum that is confined to subcutaneous/muscularis propria.
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