T. Aktug et al., A CASE OF GASTRIC CICATRIZATION CAUSED BY INGESTION OF SULFURIC-ACID,TREATED WITH HUNT-LAWRENCE JEJUNAL POUCH SUBSTITUTION FOR THE STOMACH, Journal of pediatric surgery, 30(9), 1995, pp. 1376-1377
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