Acute necrotizing gastritis. |
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| Authors: | Satish B Dharap Geeta Ghag Arundhati Biswas |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, L T M Medical College and L T M G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022. |
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| Abstract: | A 17-year-old man presented with signs of peritonitis. Laparotomy revealed gangrene of the stomach without obvious cause. The patient underwent total gastrectomy with esophago-jejunal anastomosis with formation of jejunal pouch. Bacterial culture of the peritoneal fluid grew Strept. pyogenes and E. coli. The patient was discharged on day 21 after a stormy postoperative course. |
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