Corrosive Stricture of the Stomach

Hour-glass stricture of the stomach and pyloric stenosis due to ferrous sulphate poisoning

“…This factor, which has not been commented upon in previous reports, would seem to be of considerable importance and may explain why only some of the cases of ferrous sulphate poisoning develop gastric stricture, or pyloric stenosis, and it may also account for the variation in the extent of damage to the stomach (Table I ) Table I, even after swallowing 67 tablets escaped with localized scarring in the pyloric region. Schulenburg (1941) remarked on the rapidity of development of pyloric stenosis after ingestion of a importance of a barium examination cannot be overemphasized in the establishment of an early diagnosis of stenosis; only thus may the dangers of dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and malnutrition be averted. The treatment of pyloric stenosis is essentially surgical and for a successful outcome operative intervention should not be long delayed.…”