Gastric subepithelial lesion complicated with abscess: Case report and literature review

Table 1 Summary of the cases of patients with a gastric subepithelial lesion combined with a gastric abscess

Ref.	Age/sex	Predisposing conditions	Onset	ESR or CRP	Site/Layer	Pathogens of gastric abscess	Size of mass (Max.)	Treatment	Pathological diagnosis
Kaneda et al[5]	29/female	None	Subacute (8 wk)	Elevated	Antrum (GC)/SM	Unknown	3 cm	Partial gastrectomy	Ectopic pancreas
Honda et al[6]	78/female	None	Subacute (8 wk)	Elevated	Antrum(LC)/MP	Alpha Streptococci, Gram (-) anaerobes	9 cm	Partial gastrectomy	GIST (GI autonomic nerve tumor)
Seidel et al[7]	50/female	None	Subacute (6 wk)	Unknown	Angle (LC)/MP	Unknown	6 cm	Endoscopic drainage and wedge resection of the mass	Leiomyosarcoma
Nozawa et al[8]	74/male	None	Acute (7 d)	Unknown	Fundus to body (AW)/NA	Clostridium perfringens	13 cm	Proximal partial gastrectomy	GIST
Osada et al[9]	74/male	None	Subacute (8 wk)	Elevated	Fundus/NA	Streptococcus intermedius	12 cm	Endoscopic drainage, antibiotics and proximal partial gastrectomy	GIST
Present case	45/male	None	Acute (5 d)	Elevated	Antrum(AW)/SM	Unknown	5.6 cm	Endoscopic drainage, antibiotics and wedge resection of the mass	Ectopic pancreas

ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; GI: Gastrointestinal; GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; NA: Not available.