2024 Volume 73 Issue 4 Pages 157-161
A 70‑year‑old woman was referred to our hospital for detailed examination of a diarrhea. A screening upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed an intraductal submucosal tumor on the posterior wall of the upper gastric body. An endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration was performed, and a diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor was made. The patient was referred to our department for resection. In the case of intraductal submucosal tumors, it is difficult to identify the tumor from the abdominal cavity, so surgery is often performed using an upper gastrointestinal endoscope. In this case, we performed a single-incision laparoscopic intragastric surgery with opening an anterior gastric wall that did not require an upper gastrointestinal endoscope intraoperatively. We report the results of this case with a review of the literature.
