Gastric adenocarcinoma mistakenly diagnosed as an eating disorder: case report
| Autor: | Leit-Chin Siew, Judith Fleming, Chia Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Anorexia Nervosa Vomiting Adenocarcinoma Gastroenterology Body Mass Index Psychiatric history Thinness Weight loss Stomach Neoplasms Internal medicine Gastroscopy Weight Loss medicine Humans Diagnostic Errors Dyspepsia Stomach cancer Depressive Disorder Major business.industry Gastric Outlet Obstruction digestive oral and skin physiology Gastric outlet obstruction Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Eating disorders Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) Female medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Energy Intake Tomography X-Ray Computed Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | The International journal of eating disorders. 43(3) |
| ISSN: | 1098-108X |
| Popis: | Objective: A number of organic conditions may mimic the symptoms of an eating disorder, however, gastric outlet obstruction mimicking anorexia nervosa has rarely been reported. Method: We report the case of a 51-year-old female admitted to an eating disorders unit with an initial diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Results: The patient's upper gastrointestinal symptoms and weight loss were found to be secondary to gastric outlet obstruction from a gastric adenocarcinoma. Coincidental psychosocial stressors and past psychiatric history, among other factors, had confounded the diagnosis. Discussion: Organic causes of weight loss and upper gastrointestinal symptoms need to be fully excluded prior to making the diagnosis of an eating disorder, particularly when there are atypical features in the presentation. © 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2010 |
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