Infectious emphysema of the gastrointestinal tract in the adult

Sawyer, Robert B.; Sawyer, Kenneth C.; List, James E.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(70)80171-4

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“…Gastric phlegmon shows variable clinical features such as acute PG, [3][4][5][6] gastric gangrene (necrotizing gastritis), 7,8 gastric intramural abscess (localized form), [9][10][11] and infectious emphysema of gastric wall (by gas-forming bacteria). [12][13][14] The common clinical fea-…”

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A Case of Phlegmonous Gastritis Associated with Marked Gastric Distension

Park

Kim

Woo³

et al. 2010

Gut Liver

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Phlegmonous gastritis is an acute and severe infectious disease that is occasionally fatal if the diagnosis is delayed. Alcohol consumption, an immunocompromised state (e.g., due to HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, or adult T-cell lymphoma), and mucosal injury of the stomach are reported to be predisposing factors. The main treatments for phlegmonous gastritis are antibiotics administration or surgery. In this case, the patient's stomach was markedly distended due to long-lasting gastric-outlet obstruction, which is thought to be the predisposing factor for phlegmonous gastritis. We inserted a metal stent at the obstructed site palliatively due to strong refusal by the patient for surgery. The patient recovered after stenting and antibiotic therapy.

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A Case of Phlegmonous Gastritis Associated with Marked Gastric Distension

Park

Kim

Woo³

et al. 2010

Gut Liver

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Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Absence of Pneumatosis Intestinalis

Kliegman¹,

Fanaroff²

1982

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Gas within the wall of the stomach

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Gas within the stomach wall is a rare occurrence. A case of intramural gas is presented. When air or gas is seen within the gastric wall on x-ray, gastric emphysema, emphysematous gastritis, or pneumatosis intestinalis is diagnosed. These classifications have become vague and contradictory. Gas in the gastric wall can only come from the environment or have been produced within the wall. Gastric emphysema and emphysematous gastritis refer to these situations, respectively. These classifications are expanded and pneumatosis intestinalis is deleted as a clinical or pathological diagnosis.

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Infectious emphysema of the gastrointestinal tract in the adult

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

A Case of Phlegmonous Gastritis Associated with Marked Gastric Distension

A Case of Phlegmonous Gastritis Associated with Marked Gastric Distension

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Absence of Pneumatosis Intestinalis

Gas within the wall of the stomach

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