A CASE OF STENTING EFFECTIVE FOR GASTRIC OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI FOR A LONG TERM

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman, with the diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei, was referred to us for further evaluation of intestinal obstruction. Barium swallow showed a stricture of the distal stomach with complete obstruction. Endscopically no tumor invaded the mucosa on the stricture. Computed tomography of abdomen revealed that stomach was compressed by tumor and there was no obstruction in the small intestine and cob-rectum. The Stent was inserted as palliation for obstruction. She was alive for 7 years after stent insertion. Stent insersion was effective for the certain period for pyloric stenosis caused by extra-compression of pseudomyx-oma peritonei.