title: Gastric diverticulum: "a wayside house of ill fame" with a laparoscopic solution.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastric diverticulum (GD) is an extremely rare disorder that can easily be overlooked when investigating the cause of abdominal pain. Its diagnosis is founded on a history of gastrointestinal symptoms and a typically unrevealing physical examination, and diagnosis  requires confirmation from UGI contrast studies, EGD, and CT scan. Symptomatic GD should be kept in consideration as a cause of abdominal issues, because not only is it treatable, but also complications of GD can be life threatening. The surgical treatment of GDs has evolved from thoraco-abdominal  incisions in the early twentieth century to the laparoscopic approach used today.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient is a 45-y-old male presenting with a 4-mo case of dysphagia, small amounts of regurgitation, and abdominal pain but no other symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was diagnosed  with a gastric diverticulum, which was subsequently successfully treated with a laparoscopic gastric diverticulectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic gastric diverticulectomy is a safe procedure and should be considered as an option to treat symptomatic GD.
authors: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: DuBois
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Powell
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Voeller
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013273:Diverticulum, Stomach / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged