Gastric hibernoma: a novel location and presentation of a rare tumor.

Authors

Shane P Smith, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WAFollow
Andrew F Feczko, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WAFollow
Matias Mihura, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WAFollow
Jey-Hsin Chen
Alexander S Farivar, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WAFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2018

Publication Title

J Surg Case Rep

Abstract

We present a case of gastric hibernoma, an unusual tumor with a location novel to the literature. A 39-year-old female presented with one year of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and dysphagia. Gastroenterology performed an esophagogastroduodenoscopy with ultrasound and identified a 6 cm mass within the muscularis propria of the antrum. Computed tomography demonstrated a 9.7 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm

Clinical Institute

Cancer

Department

Oncology

Department

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Recommended Citation

Smith, Shane P; Feczko, Andrew F; Mihura, Matias; Chen, Jey-Hsin; and Farivar, Alexander S, "Gastric hibernoma: a novel location and presentation of a rare tumor." (2018). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 570.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/publications/570