Open AccessTraumatic gastric rupture following blunt abdominal trauma: a case report about an atypical modality of presentation
Author(s) -
Dario Giambelluca,
Dario Picone,
Natalino Carmelo Pennisi,
Bruno Luciani,
Giuseppe Lo Re,
Placido Romeo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2017.6609
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal trauma , blunt , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , blunt trauma , radiology
Gastric rupture following blunt abdominal trauma is a rare presentation with a reported incidence of 0.02-1.7% in current literature. Traumatic gastric rupture is usually associated with other visceral injuries, such as splenic lesions and fractures. Prompt diagnosis and early intervention reduce mortality and morbidity. History of a recent meal has been implicated in traumatic gastric rupture. We report a case of blunt abdominal trauma with an isolated gastric rupture after a motor vehicle accident, managed successfully without any post-operative morbidity and mortality