Archive for April 30th, 2008
Stomach Narrowing Differential
Benign
- peptic scarring
- corrosive ingestion
- granulomatous disease (Crohn disease, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, syphilis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis)
Malignant
- Scirrhous adenocarcinoma
- metastases
- Lymphoma
Stomach Filling Defects Differential
Benign Tumors
- Polyp
- GIST
- Lipoma
Malignant Tumors
- Adenocarcinoma
- Malignant GIST
- Metastases
- Lymphoma
Nonneoplastic
- ectopic pancreatic rest
- Bezoar
- Fundoplication defect
- Varices
Stomach Ulcer Lesions Differential
Nonneoplastic
- Superficial gastric erosion
- peptic or medication-induced ulcers
Tumors
- adenocarcinoma
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- lymphoma
- metastases
Thickened Stomach Folds
Benign
- Gastritis (H pylori)
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Menetrier disease
- Varcies
Malignant
- Lymphoma
- Carcinoma
- Metastases