Open AccessLarge perforated gastric ulcer due to cocaine use
Author(s) -
Fernando Hurtado,
Andrés Barrientos Delgado,
Concepción López Peña
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2022.8676/2022
Subject(s) - medicine , epigastric pain , pylorus , perforation , cocaine use , antrum , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , stomach , vomiting , psychiatry , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Juxtapyloric perforation is one of the most common digestive tract complications associated with cocaine use. We present the case of an habitual user of cocaine who goes to the Emergency Department due to epigastric pain due and intolerance of days of evolution. An endoscopic finding of a large antral ulcer with an ischemic appearance; in which it is not possible to show pylorus.