Constriction of the Stomach by an Unusual Peritoneal Band

Compression of intraabdominal contents can occur due to anomalous congenital bands. Herein, we describe, to our knowledge, the first case of compression of the stomach by an anomalous band extending from the lesser omentum to the greater omentum. Relevant literature is reviewed and the clinical impl...

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Autores principales: Kassem, Mohammad W, Patel, Mayank, Iwanaga, Joe, Loukas, Marios, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29632757
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2148
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author Kassem, Mohammad W
Patel, Mayank
Iwanaga, Joe
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description Compression of intraabdominal contents can occur due to anomalous congenital bands. Herein, we describe, to our knowledge, the first case of compression of the stomach by an anomalous band extending from the lesser omentum to the greater omentum. Relevant literature is reviewed and the clinical implications of such a case are described.
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spelling pubmed-58821422018-04-09 Constriction of the Stomach by an Unusual Peritoneal Band Kassem, Mohammad W Patel, Mayank Iwanaga, Joe Loukas, Marios Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Medical Education Compression of intraabdominal contents can occur due to anomalous congenital bands. Herein, we describe, to our knowledge, the first case of compression of the stomach by an anomalous band extending from the lesser omentum to the greater omentum. Relevant literature is reviewed and the clinical implications of such a case are described. Cureus 2018-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5882142/ /pubmed/29632757 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2148 Text en Copyright © 2018, Kassem et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Constriction of the Stomach by an Unusual Peritoneal Band
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title_short Constriction of the Stomach by an Unusual Peritoneal Band
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29632757
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2148
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