title: Gastric outlet obstruction caused by a pyloric submucosal fibroepithelial tumour.
abstract: A 57 year old male patient presented to our hospital with vomiting, epigastric discomfort, and loss of appetite over a 24hr period. Subsequent investigations demonstrated a submucosal lesion causing gastric outlet obstruction. The patients deteriorating condition mandated laparotomy and a pathologic diagnosis was made of a pyloric submucosal fibroepithelial lesion from the resected distal stomach and adherent transverse colon; no malignant features were found. This is to our knowledge the first instance of a fibroepithelial neoplasm occurring within the gastrointestinal tract.
authors.affiliation: Newham University Hospital, Plaistow, UK.
authors.forename: Jj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCombie
authors.affiliation: Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK.
authors.forename: Jr
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanwar