LAPAROTOMY FOR PERFORATING TYPHOID ULCER.

Typhoid Ulcer, Perforation

A Sikh Sepoy was admitted early in February suffering, as I then believed, from double lobar pneumonia. The bases of both lungs were dull on percussion and tubular breathing was heard on both sides over the dull area. Temperature at this time registered 103?. Pulse 110. I placed him at once on milk diet and treated him as an ordinary case of pneumonia. The temperature remained high, varying bet...

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...

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 Case of Perforating Enteric Ulcer of the Ileum

Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed caused by Typhoid Ulcer: Conservative Management

Typhoid fever is caused by gram-negative organism Salmonella typhi. The usual presentation is high-grade fever, but complications like gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage and perforation are also seen frequently. With the advent of antibiotics, these complications are rarely seen now. We present a case of a young female who was admitted with a diagnosis of typhoid fever presented with a massive GI...