Ces radiol. 2009, 63(3):217-220

Congenital anomalies of the stomachCase report

Jaromír Hořák¹, Jiří Bronský², Ondřej Petrů³, Martin Kynčl¹, Miloslav Roček¹

¹ Klinika zobrazovacích metod 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha

² Pediatrická klinika 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha

³ Klinika dětské chirurgie 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha

The authors of the article describe two rare cases of congenital anomalies of the stomach. In the first case, whole stomach was located intrathoracally by the first rear costophrenic angle and rotated in a way of a torsion. As seen in the X-ray images, the stomach was mistakenly held either for a bronchopneumonia or for an absces, due to the changeability of its content. It was an examination after a peroral administration of a contrast medium that made a correct diagnosis of a stomach anomaly possible. In the second case, an extraordinary anomaly of the stomach has been observed, with an agenesis of the antrum and with the ostium of the pylorus on a small curvature close to the cardia. The stomach had difficulty to evacuate, especially if the patient lay on his left side. An accompanying gastroesophageal reflux caused an inflammatory condition of the esophagus.

Keywords: imaging methods, stomach anomaly, anomaly of the pylorus

Accepted: June 15, 2009; Published: September 1, 2009  Show citation