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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
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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