Gastric ulcer penetrating to liver diagnosed by endoscopic biopsy.

World J Gastroenterol

Department of Gastroenterology, Selcuk University, Meram Medical Faculty, Konya/Turkey.

Published: June 2004

Liver penetration is a rare but serious complication of peptic ulcer disease. Usually the diagnosis is made by operation or autopsy. Clinical and laboratory data were no specific. A 64-year-old man was admitted with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Hepatic penetration was diagnosed as the cause of bleeding. Endoscopy showed a large gastric ulcer with a pseudotumoral mass protruding from the ulcer bed. Definitive diagnosis was established by endoscopic biopsies of the ulcer base.

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