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Thursday, 18 June 2026

CASE 912: SUBMUCOSAL GASTRIC PSEUDOTUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr TRAN LAM, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 84 year-old woman with diarrhea and tormina (colicky pain).

Ultrasound noted only gallblader stone anf fatty liver.


Gastroendoscopy detected a gastric submucosal tumor.


Medical management stopped diarrhea but was failed to reduce the tormina.


MSCT detected a fishbone in the gastroduodenal wall.



Gastroscopy in second time detected the foreign body in the  gastric wall maybe fishbone.

Endoscopic surgery and open surgery removed the fishbone from the stomach.


Intramuscular fishbone is rarely entity that ultrasound and endoscopy could not detect.

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