A Rare Cause of Stomach Gangrene: Necrotizing Gastritis

Hicham El Bouhaddouti^*, Tarik Souiki, Khalid Mazine, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb

Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Hassan II-Fes, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.

DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2015.52002                

Abstract

Necrosis of the stomach is rare. It occurs when there is vascular anomalies, gastric volvulus or her-niation and in infectious gastritis. We report a case in which infectious gastritis leads to a necrotiz-ing gastritis that is treated with urgent gastrectomy.

Keywords

Gastric Necrosis, Necrotizing Gastritis, Surgery

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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