Pneumothorax Following Gastric Endoscopic Mucosal Resection / 대한소화기학회지

ABSTRACT

An endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is used widely as an alternative treatment to a surgical resection for early gastric neoplasticlesions. Among the unusual complications of gastric EMR, perforation is usually manifested as a pneumoperitoneum. Thispaper reports a patient with a left-side pneumothorax without pneumoperitoneum as a complication of gastric EMR. The patientdeveloped a left side pneumothorax after gastric EMR in the gastric fundus and recovered without further complications afterconservative treatment, including endoscopic clipping.