Open AccessGastric heterotopia of colon found cancer workup in liver abscess: A case report
Author(s) -
Jun-Gi Park,
Jeong Ill Suh,
Yeo Un Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i15.5012
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , rectum , colorectal cancer , pyogenic liver abscess , transverse colon , gastroenterology , esophagus , liver abscess , abscess , cancer , surgery
Recently reported cases of pyogenic liver abscess associated with colonic cancer in the absence of underlying disease, have included a small number of cases of gastric heterotopia (GHT). GHT is a congenital anomaly composed of ectopic gastric mucosa and can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract but is more frequently encountered in the cervical esophagus. However, it is rarely observed in colon. Furthermore, most reported cases of GHT of the colon involved the rectum, and GHT involving the colon proximal to the rectum is rare.