| Literature DB >> 27190774 |
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.Entities:
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