Neoplastic autovagotomy causing gastric stasis.
Neoplastic autovagotomy causing atonic gastric stasis is extremely rare. Two cases are reported in which marked gastric stasis was complicated by a bezoar and a gastric volvulus respectively. Both cases were associated with a left hilar bronchial carcinoma, and malignant invasion of the vagus nerve may have been the underlying cause.
D000368:Aged; D001630:Bezoars / Q000209:etiology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000209:etiology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*