Afferent loop syndrome: a different picture.
A patient who had a 50% gastrectomy with a Billroth II gastrojejunostomy one and a half years previously, complained of recent severe weakness as the only symptom was found to have an iron deficiency anemia with a periumbilical mass. A gastrointestinal series showed a soft tissue density in the epigastric area which, by ultrasonography, was found to be fluid-containing. Laparotomy revealed obstruction of the afferent loop caused by a marginal ulcer.
D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography