Pneumothorax Following Gastric Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Author:
Myeongseok KOH
1
;
Jin Seok JANG
;
Jae Hwang CHA
Author Information
- Publication Type:CASE REPORT
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2020;76(2):83-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: An endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is used widely as an alternative treatment to a surgical resection for early gastric neoplasticlesions. Among the unusual complications of gastric EMR, perforation is usually manifested as a pneumoperitoneum. Thispaper reports a patient with a left-side pneumothorax without pneumoperitoneum as a complication of gastric EMR. The patientdeveloped a left side pneumothorax after gastric EMR in the gastric fundus and recovered without further complications afterconservative treatment, including endoscopic clipping.
