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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun;55(644):411-5.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.644.411.

Neoplastic autovagotomy causing gastric stasis

W E Thomas, M S Fletcher
Case Reports

Neoplastic autovagotomy causing gastric stasis

W E Thomas et al. Postgrad Med J. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

Neoplastic autovagotomy causing atonic gastric stasis is extremely rare. Two cases are reported in which marked gastric stasis was complicated by a bezoar and a gastric volvulus respectively. Both cases were associated with a left hilar bronchial carcinoma, and malignant invasion of the vagus nerve may have been the underlying cause.

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