EMPHYSEMATOUS GASTRITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST

Authors
VANALLAN RJ KREBS TL HENZIE GM FERMELIA DE FICHMAN MP
Citation
Rj. Vanallan et al., EMPHYSEMATOUS GASTRITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST, Clinical imaging, 19(2), 1995, pp. 129-130
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
129 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1995)19:2<129:EGIAIH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Emphysematous gastritis is a rare, often lethal condition of gastric m ural inflammation and gaseous dissection, Infection with gas-forming o rganisms is the most frequently cited cause. In all previously reporte d patients, the clinical presentation was dramatic. We report on an im munocompromised host who had a surprisingly subtle clinical presentati on.