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Intrathoracic gastric perforation secondary to corrosive ingestion: a rare complication.

Richa Arora1, Surya Ramachandra Varma Gunturi1, Abhishek Arora1, Abhijot Parmar1.   

Abstract

This case report describes a rare and serious case of acid ingestion in a 50-year-old man who developed necrosis and perforation of gastric fundus and diaphragm with extension of air and fluid collection in the thorax. To the best of our knowledge, this complication has not been described so far in the literature.

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Keywords:  Corrosive ingestion; computed tomography (CT); diaphragm perforation; gastric perforation

Year:  2016        PMID: 27190774      PMCID: PMC4858455          DOI: 10.21037/qims.2015.03.19

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Quant Imaging Med Surg        ISSN: 2223-4306


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