EXCISION OF A PERFORATING GASTRIC ULCER.

Gastric tube ulcer perforating the pericardium after subtotal esophagectomy.

Subtotal esophagectomy with retrosternal transposition of the gastric tube to the neck was performed in a 62-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal third of the esophagus. He developed a salivatory fistula in the early postoperative period that healed spontaneously. Five months later, the patient developed partial stenosis of the esophagogastric anastomosis which required...

Cytomegalovirus and the Seemingly Immunocompetent Host: A Case of a Perforating Gastric Ulcer

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the gastrointestinal tract has a variety of presentations. We present a case of gastric perforation, which is a relatively infrequent presentation of CMV infection. If the cause of gastric perforation is not readily apparent, testing for CMV should be considered. If CMV workup is positive, an evaluation for immunocompromise is prudent as CMV infections are mor...

A Case of Perforating Enteric Ulcer of the Ileum

Abdominal Section in Perforating-Ulcer of the Stomach. A Suggestion

A case of perforating-ulcer of the stomach, which terminated fatally in sixteen hours from the beginning of the symptoms, suggested to me the possibility of successfully attempting some surgical interference in similar cases.

A large gastric ulcer.

stomach, duodenum and proximal small bowel. There are thick radiating folds converging on an ulcerated area with adjacent large nodular defects. The irregular lesser curve has protruding nodules and a straight margin distally with effacement of the mucosal pattern. Figure 2 An enlarged view shows the features indicating malignant ulceration more clearly. There is a suggestion of nodules at the ...