Appasani et al listed conditions associated with benign gastric outlet obstruction in an adult. The authors are from the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chandigarh, India.
Differential diagnosis of benign gastric outlet obstruction in an adult:
(1) peptic ulcer disease
(2) caustic ingestion
(3) acute or chronic pancreatitis
(4) Crohn's disease
(5) cholecystitis
(6) eosinophilic gastroenteritis
(7) inflammatory fibroid polyp (Vanek's tumor)
(8) tuberculosis
(9) cytomegalovirus (CMV)
(10) cryptosporidium
(11) annular pancreas
(12) adult hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
(13) duplication cyst
(14) amyloidosis
(15) Bouveret's syndrome
(16) bezoar
(17) NSAID associated stricture or ring
(18) postvagotomy
(19) post-operative scarring or anastomotic stricture
(20) endoscopic mucosal resection
(21) adenoma
(22) lipoma
(23) gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
(24) leiomyoma
(25) other benign tumor
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