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Mle report the case of a 14 year-old female patient who was admitted c
omplaining of abdominal pain due to gastric distension after an episod
e of bulimia. The patient was diagnosed as having gastric intramural n
ecrosis by CT. An emergency laparotomy was performed and a massive gas
tric necrosis and duodenal compression due to the superior mesenteric
artery syndrome was found. The patient did well after total gastrectom
y and Roux-en-Y procedure.