[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of symptomic stomach diverticulum].

Gastric diverticulum is a rather rare disease. This lesion is diagnosed in about 0.01% of cases during contrast-enhanced X-ray examination and in 0.04-0.11% of patients undergoing endoscopic examination. Symptomatic diverticulum is complicated by diverticulitis, bleeding, perforation and malignant transformation. Therefore, surgical resection is indicated. We report surgical treatment of a patient with diverticulum of the cardiac part of the stomach. Endoscopic and X-ray examination was valuable to establish the correct diagnosis. Laparoscopic approach minimized surgical trauma and reduced surgery time.