Candy Cane Syndrome after Gastric Cancer Surgery

Abstract

R Marti Fernandez, R Marti Obiol, A Espi Macias and F Lopez Mozos

Patient with antecedent of partial gastrectomy + Roux- en- Y by gastric cancer in 2009 (T2N1M0). Subsequent controls rule out tumor recurrence. The patient refers a 12 month history of abdominal pain and fullness that begins during the intake of food, which forces its interruption and stops after rest. It doesn’t associate nausea, vomiting or altered bowel habits. It is accompanied by loss of 3 kg. Physical exploration is anodyne even though the episodes of abdominal pain. In the intestinal transit, images compatible with candy cane syndrome (figures 1 and 2) are seen.

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