Burns are the most frequent severe trauma in childhood. Curling's ulcer is a complication of burn shock which occurs in the gastrointestinal tract in burned children. Prognosis in Curling's ulcer is always serious. A rare case of acute duodenal ulcer in a nine-month-old infant after deep burns of both lower extremities is described. It seems that it is necessary to take into consideration the possibility of Curling's ulcer in every case of deep and extensive burns in children.
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