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Gastric Necrosis due to Acute Massive Gastric Dilatation
Author(s) -
İbrahim Aydın,
Ahmet Pergel,
Ahmet Fikret Yücel,
Dursun Ali Şahin,
Ender Özer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2013/847238
Subject(s) - medicine , necrosis , etiology , anorexia , gastroenterology , anorexia nervosa , disease , eating disorders , psychiatry
Gastric necrosis due to acute massive gastric dilatation is relatively rare. Vascular reasons, herniation, volvulus, acute gastric dilatation, anorexia, and bulimia nervosa play a role in the etiology of the disease. Early diagnosis and treatment are highly important as the associated morbidity and mortality rates are high. In this case report, we present a case of gastric necrosis due to acute gastric dilatation accompanied with the relevant literature.

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