Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction

Salih Samo

Abstract

Currently, malignancy is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) accounting for 50-80% of the cases. Additionally, GOO occurs in 15-25% of patients with pancreatic cancer. This case report is an interesting image of an enormously dilated stomach in a pancreatic cancer patient due to duodenal obstruction secondary to pancreatic cancer.

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