Author(s)

Atipo Ibara Blaise Irénée^1,2, Mongo Onkouo Arnaud^1,2, Ahoui Apendi Clausina^1,2, Atipo Ibara Ollandzobo Lucie Charlotte^1,3, Mimiesse Monamou Jile Florient^1,2, Itoua-Ngaporo Akoa Ngala², Deby Gassaye^1,2, Bossali Firmin¹, Ibara Jean-Rosaire^1,2

¹Faculty of Medical Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Brazzaville University Hospital Centre, Brazzaville, Congo.
³Paediatric Service, Brazzaville University Hospital Centre, Brazzaville, Congo.

Diffuse varioliform gastritis is a rare attack of the gastric mucosa occurring mostly on atopic ground. This report is based on the observation of a 16-year-old girl with diffuse varioliform gastritis discovered after an internal medical examination via endoscope after attempting a suicidal act by overdosing herself with Ibuprofen. After the medical examination of the patient. Despite the quantity of ingested ibuprofen and presence of Helicobacter pylori on the biopsie, the particularity of this study is that there is no exudative lesion of the gastric mucosa. With hélicobacter pylori eradication evolution was favorable.

Varioliform Gastritis, Ibuprofen, Teenager

Irénée, A. , Arnaud, M. , Clausina, A. , Lucie Charlotte, A. , Jile Florient, M. , Ngala, I. , Gassaye, D. , Firmin, B. and Jean-Rosaire, I. (2018) Varioliform Gastritis after Ibuprofen Poisoning. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 8, 103-106. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2018.83011.