Mahmood Yousuf, Masoom Raza Mirza, Saleem Khan.
Gastric outlet obstruction.
J Surg Pak Jan ;10(4):48-50.

Objective: To highlight the fact that tuberculosis is a common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in our community. Design: Observational study. Patients and Methods: This is a three years study of patients with gastric outlet obstruction managed in the Department of Surgery at Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi Results Twelve patients presented with gastric obstruction. The cause of gastric outlet obstruction was gastric carcinoma in five, tuberculosis in five, lymphoma in one and stenotic peptic ulcer disease in one patient. Conclusion: Our results suggest that tuberculosis should be considered as an important cause of gastric outlet obstruction in our community, because tuberculosis is still a prevalent disease in Pakistan and other South Asian countries.

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