Gastric necrosis due to acute massive gastric dilatation is relatively rare. Vascular reasons, herniation, volvulus, acute gastric dilatation, anorexia, and bulimia nervosa play a role in the etiology of the disease. Early diagnosis and treatment are highly important as the associated morbidity and mortality rates are high. In this case report, we present a case of gastric necrosis due to acute...

BACKGROUND As the tongue is a well-vascularized organ, ischemic necrosis of the tongue is a rare disease entity. Critically ill patients with profound shock may experience end-organ hypoperfusion, which might result in tongue necrosis. However, to our best knowledge, there are no reports regarding ischemic necrosis of the tongue in surgical patients with septic shock. CASE PRESENTATION Two pa...

Acute massive gastric dilatation is a rare event and though it can occur in a multitude of medical conditions, its pathogenesis is still debated. It leads almost invariably to gastric necrosis with or without perforation which calls for emergency surgical treatment. We present the case of a 22 year-old male patient of normal weight with acute massive gastric dilatation due to a binge eating epi...

We tested whether apoprotein B is present in fasting and postprandial human duodenojejunal mucosa because lipoprotein-like particles are visualized by electron microscopy within the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi cisternae of these absorptive cells. Duodenojejunal biopsies from normal volunteers were incubated in citrate buffer and were shaken in 1% EDTA so that absorptive cells cou...

Biofilm sloughing is an integral aspect, and a dynamic activity of biofilm development. This study focused on biofilm sloughing on carriers in integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems in both laboratory (LS; synthetic feed) and full-scale (FS; municipal) systems. During biofilm development in the LS system the relative hydrophobicity of flocs and biofilm increased with an increase ...

Gastric necrosis in association with strangulation of a paraoesophageal hernia is a rare but life-threatening condition. The present article reports a case of strangulated paraoesophageal hernia with gastric necrosis in an obese woman treated successfully by acute sleeve gastrectomy.

CASE DESCRIPTION A 6-year-old neutered female mixed-breed dog was evaluated because of a 6-week history of left forelimb lameness that varied in severity. CLINICAL FINDINGS Radiography revealed expansile and lytic changes of the left accessory carpal bone (ACB). Results of histologic evaluation of ACB core biopsy specimens indicated areas of bone necrosis. The entire left ACB was excised and ...

He returned with the same symptoms 10 days later. Abdominal CT was repeated. Colonoscopy showed circumferential ulcerated mucosa with grayish discoloration and sloughing of the mucosa starting at the hepatic flexure and extending proximally, potentially due to ischemic colitis (Figure 1). There was a sharp demarcation between the normal and ulcerated mucosa. A colonic biopsy at the edge of the ...

Gastric necrosis is a rare entity mainly due to the rich collateral blood flow the stomach is supplied by. Acute gastric dilation is one of the described underlying causes, and although not fully understood, many potential alterations, such as vascular compression, herniation, volvulus, acute necrotizing gastritis, complications after abdominal surgery, anorexia, bulimia nervosa, trauma, exposu...