Open AccessIdiopathic gastric perforation in an asplenic infant
Author(s) -
Alex Olsen,
Leigh C. McGill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.93317
Subject(s) - medicine , foregut , curvatures of the stomach , stomach , perforation , vomiting , duodenum , annular pancreas , abdomen , nausea , surgery , gastroenterology , anatomy , punching , materials science , metallurgy
The cause of idiopathic gastric perforations in neonates remains unknown. Perforations of the abdominal oesophagus, stomach and duodenum in infants and children are the rarest type of intestinal perforations. There are 21 reported cases of an idiopathic gastric rupture in non-neonates.