Soga Koichi, Kassai Kyoichi, Itani Kenji, Yagi Nobuaki, Naito Yuji, Itoh Yoshito
Department of Internal Medicine, Nishijin Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2014;53(23):2675-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2187. Epub 2014 Dec 1.
In December 2011, an 84-year-old Japanese man was admitted with severe cholecystitis. We treated the cholecystitis using antibiotics, and his symptoms improved. In March 2012, he was readmitted after experiencing a sudden bloating sensation and vomiting. We determined that a gastric wall abscess had protruded into the antrum. The gastric wall was adjacent to the gallbladder, and the gastric abscess was related to a known case of cholecystitis. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy indicated that the abscess was under the mucous membrane of the gastric antrum. Pus, exuding from the abscess, was aspirated with an endoscope.
