A RARE CASE OF GASTRIC GANGRENE - A CASE REPORT
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Abstract : Gastric gangrene is a rare and fatal clinical entity
in which a part or whole of the stomach becomes gangrenous
necessitating partial or total gastrectomy and is associated
with high mortality . Ours is a patient of 60 years who had
gastric perforation and subsequently developed gastric
gangrene on the 4 th POD. Gastric gangrene may be due to
variety of causes like chemical injuries, necrobiotic infections,
mechanical causes ,vascular causes. Only 8 cases has been
reported till now. This case is presented for its rarity and for
having clinical suspicion of this condition in the diagnosis of
an acute abdomen
Keyword : Gangrene, Necrobiotic infections, Volvulus,
Embolism .
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