the Gastrolab Endoscopy Quiz of the Month - Old Quizes and Answers: March 2003

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March 2003

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Question:


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This old gentleman had been followed up as he a couple of years ago was found to have this submucosal tumour in his gastric corpus. During follow up the finding remained unchanged and he was quite free of symptoms. What is the probable nature of this finding?

Answer

    A benign gastric leiomyoma

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Dr.Virendra Parikh, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, USA
    Christian Nielsen, Vasa, Finland - and many greetings to Uppsala!
    FUAD, PASIC, TUZLA,BOSNIA
    moutaz Derbala, Cairo, Egypt
    Kubilay Cinar, Ankara, Turkey

Pigeon Rocks, Beirut, Lebanon
    Zahreddine Radwan, Beirut, Lebanon
    LUISGUILLERMOGUERRERO, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
    Hurler, Ulrike, Heidenheim, Germany
    PARABOLI SILVA, Marcio Luiz M.D., CAMPO MOURAO-PARANA, BRAZIL
    Yekta Kişioğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
    jaber badran, dir azzor, Syria
    naser badran, dir azzor, Syria
    Gustavo Zapata Wainberg, Caracas, DF
    M. Agapov, Vladivostok, Russia
    Klaudia Niepsuj, Bytom, Poland
    German Lloret-Salom, Alzira, España
    Salvatore Della Ducata, Gallipoli, Italy
    ATAKAN SEZER, EDİRNE, TURKEY
    Dr.CSBR.Prasad, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CP
    Victor Paz, México, México, D.F.
    Balaz Marian Dr,.Benesov, Czech republic
    Dr,Arber VELIU, Prishtina, KOSOVO
    Choi Cheulwoong, Busan, Korea
    Antonio Sia, Patrocinio(MG), Brazil
    BHAGWAN THAKUR, BOMBAY, INDIA
    Klaus Grimm, Vienna, Austria
    Abdón Guerra, San Antonio, CHILE
    Yekta, Kisioglu, Turkey


    Alanya, Turkey
    Ilker ABCI, Alanya, Turkey
    Yaşar Nazlıgül, Ankara, TÜRKİYE

    ... from Mexico to Vladivostoc - and everyone knows what a gastric leiomyoma looks like! Impressing!

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