Structured Summary
Abstract
That portion of the stomach remaining after gastric surgery, usually gastrectomy or gastroenterostomy for cancer of the stomach or peptic ulcer. It is a common site of cancer referred to as stump cancer or carcinoma of the gastric stump.
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15 entry terms
- Gastric Remnant
- Remnant Stomach
- Residual Stomach
- Gastric Remnants
- Gastric Stumps
- Remnant Stomachs
- Remnant, Gastric
- Remnants, Gastric
- Residual Stomachs
- Stomach, Remnant
- Stomach, Residual
- Stomachs, Remnant
- Stomachs, Residual
- Stump, Gastric
- Stumps, Gastric
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6 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood supply, diagnostic imaging, innervation, pathology, physiopathology, surgery.
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Indexing Annotation
stomach remnant after gastrectomy; a common site of neopl: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
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Previous Indexing
- Gastrectomy (1966-1994)
- Gastroenterostomy (1966-1994)
- Stomach Neoplasms (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gastric Stump. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018530. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018530
- Gastric Stump. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60021425