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phlegmonous gastritis


  • etiology:
    • septicemia
    • local abscess
    • postoperative stomach
    • complication of gastric ulcer/cancer

  • organism: streptococcus

  • symptoms:
    • severe fulminant illness
    • may vomit pus

  • location:
    • usually limited to stomach not extending beyond the pylorus
    • submucosa most severely affected gastric layer

  • XR: barium dissection into submucosa and serosa


Yong H. Hahn, MD  -  27 July 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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