Spontaneous Gastric Intramural Hematoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Cureus. 2022 Mar 17;14(3):e23268. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23268. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma is a rare disease. Herein, we present a case of a previously healthy 28-year-old male patient who presented with diarrhea and diffuse abdominal pain of one-week duration. The patient was diagnosed with spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma post urgent partial gastrectomy for a bleeding gastric tumor. Six other cases of spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma are published in the literature; therefore, when encountering a case of intra-abdominal mass attached to the gastric wall, gastric intramural hematoma should be considered in the differential even when no cause is present.

Keywords: case report; gastric hematoma; gastric intramural hematoma; gastric submucosal tumor; spontaneous gastric intramural hematoma.

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