title: Mucocele of the gastric tube after conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to duodenal switch: not just a radiological image.
abstract: We present two patients who underwent a duodenal switch operation after a failed vertical banded gastroplasty. Both patients had a complicated postoperative course because of an abdominal infection, and both presented the radiological image of a gastric fundus mucocele in the part of the fundus excluded between two staple-lines. Although initially considered as a radiological image with no clinical significance, the presentation of the second case with the same abdominal complication led us to contemplate the possibility of a connection between the gastric mucocele and the postoperative infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, c/Martin Lago s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. asanchezp.hcsc@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Pernaute
authors.forename: Elia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pérez-Aguirre
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Talavera
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Díez-Valladares
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabrerizo
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: Ramiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005748:Gastric Fundus; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012086:Reoperation; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure