A CASE OF GASTRIC CICATRIZATION CAUSED BY INGESTION OF SULFURIC-ACID,TREATED WITH HUNT-LAWRENCE JEJUNAL POUCH SUBSTITUTION FOR THE STOMACH

To the authors' knowledge, there had been no reported pediatric case o f total cicatrization of the stomach owing to acid ingestion. The auth ors report a case caused by sulfuric acid ingestion. When admitted, th e child did not have any oral intake and was fed through a jejunostomy , which had been placed in an other center. An upper gastrointestinal barium study showed a small gastric fundal pouch and no passage to the duodenum, but with passage to the jejunum through two fistulas, The m odified Hunt-Lawrence pouch was created using the fistulous jejunal se gment. After 6 months the patient is well. Copyright (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company