AUTHOR=Cates Katherine Westbrook , Hudson Catherine 

TITLE=Case Report: Sarcina ventriculi, a masquerade of motility

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Gastroenterology

VOLUME=Volume 4 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/gastroenterology/articles/10.3389/fgstr.2025.1607667

DOI=10.3389/fgstr.2025.1607667

ISSN=2813-1169

ABSTRACT=Sarcina ventriculi is a rare bacterium that has the potential to cause severe disease in the gastric mucosa. According to our search, there are less than 100 prior published case reports. This case discusses a 69-year-old man who presented to the hospital with severe gastric distention noted on CT of the abdomen with intractable nausea and emesis, for which endoscopy was performed and ruled out gastric outlet obstruction, with biopsies resulting as S. ventriculi. This bacterium has previously been reported to cause gastric dysmotility, as well as severe side effects including gastric perforation.