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Cureus
September 2024
Radiology, Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage, USA.
A 70-year-old male presented to the emergency department with travel-associated vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. He was found to have gastric pneumatosis on computed tomography. His serum lactic acid level was within normal limits, and he had a benign clinical course.
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August 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Bhosale SJ, Joshi M, Dhakne P, Kulkarni AP. Emphysematous Gastritis: An Ominous Condition Masquerading as Enterocolitis in Immunocompromised Host. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(8):808-809.
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August 2024
Gastroenterology, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Emphysematous gastritis is a rare condition with a high mortality rate. We present a rare case of haemorrhagic emphysematous gastritis in a 70-year-old woman with a background of relapsed endometrioid ovarian cancer previously treated with chemotherapy and recent prednisolone use. A CT scan showed a grossly distended stomach with gas in the stomach wall and gas in the gastric and portal veins in the liver.
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October 2024
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Objectives: To describe the presentation, etiology, and outcome of dogs and cats diagnosed with gastrointestinal pneumatosis (GP).
Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: Three referral institutions.
Int J Surg Pathol
July 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory, Medicine University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, USA.
organisms are rare, gram-positive, sugar-fermenting cocci, identifiable in tissues only by histologic examination or molecular testing. Since its discovery, the pathogenicity and relevance of in the human gastrointestinal tract has remained ill-defined. A recent literature review of 66 reported examples demonstrated the potential for severe complications such as emphysematous gastritis and gastric perforation.
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