CRACK COCAINE COMSUPTION AS A MAIN RISK FACTOR IN PACIENTS WITH PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER

Perforated Peptic Ulcer.

Perforated peptic ulcer

Perforated peptic ulcer is a common emergency condition worldwide, with associated mortality rates of up to 30%. A scarcity of high-quality studies about the condition limits the knowledge base for clinical decision making, but a few published randomised trials are available. Although Helicobacter pylori and use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are common causes, demographic differences...

Acase of Retroperitoneal Castlema\'s Disease with Perforated Peptic Ulcer

SUMMARY Castleman's disease is a rare condition. In its classic form Castlema's is a solitary lesion, two third of patients have tumour like mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites also could be affected including those where lymph nodes normaly occur ancl rarely tissues where lymph nodes are not found. More recently there have been several reports of patients with multi centeric involvem...

Endoscopic closure of a perforated peptic ulcer.

ease was admitted with a history of acute-onset upper abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed signs of peritonitis in the upper abdomen, and an abdominal CT scan demonstrated a localized pneumoperitoneum (●" Fig. 1). An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) (GIF2T60 double-channel endoscope; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) was performed under general anesthesia using CO2 insufflation, and revealed a cl...

Perforated peptic ulcer in an adolescent girl.

A perforated peptic ulcer in a child is a rare entity. Severe abdominal pain in an ill-appearing child with a rigid abdomen and possibly with signs of shock is the typical presenting feature of this life-threatening complication of peptic ulcer disease. We present a case of a 14.5-year-old adolescent girl who developed abdominal and shoulder pain that resolved after 1 day. She was then complete...