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. 2008 Oct 1;2(4):14–17. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v2i4.60

Table 1.

Differential diagnoses of acute gastric outlet obstruction in elderly patients.

Inflammatory

  • Peptic ulcer disease

  • Erosive gastritis

  • Crohn’s disease

Malignant

  • Gastric antral carcinoma

  • Duodenal carcinoma

  • Pancreatic carcinoma

  • Ampullary carcinoma

  • Cholangiocarcinoma

Congenital

  • Duodenal web

Others

  • Extrinsic compression

  • Prolapsing antral polyp

  • Bezoar

  • Pancreatic pseudocyst

  • Foreign body

  • Diabetic gastroparesis (pseudo-obstruction)

  • Bouveret’s syndrome