Acute Gastric Dilatation and Necrosis: a Case Report

Trindade, E. N.
Diemen, V. von
Trindade, M. R. M.

Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Division of Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brasil.

Acta chirurgica Belgica 5:p 602-603, September-October 2008.

Abstract.

Massive gastric dilatation with necrosis and rupture is a very rare event. Here we describe the case of a 13year-old girl with acute gastric dilatation, infarction, necrosis and perforation. It began with acute abdominal pain, but an absence of vomiting after eating a heavy meal. Laparotomy showed massive gastric dilatation with infarction and perforation.

Early diagnosis is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality, and therefore treatment must be started promptly.