title: Gastric outlet obstruction caused by a giant gastroduodenal artery aneurysm: a case report.
abstract: Gastric outlet (GO) obstruction in an adult is usually caused by intrinsic gastric or duodenal lesions or pancreatic tumours. This study describes a case of a 77-year-old man who developed GO obstruction due to extrinsic compression from a large gastroduodenal artery aneurysm under rupture. This cause of GO obstruction has never previously been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Venizelion District General Hospital, Heraklion Crete, Greece. zakandro@her.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Androulakakis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paspatis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatzidakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kokkinaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papanicolaou
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grammatikakis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liapi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kandylakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications; D001158:Arteries; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography