[Necrotizing enteritis and geophagia].
Two cases of intestinal perforation due to necrotising enteritis in patients with pica are presented. The aetiopathogenesis of pica is discussed as well as its role in the development of necrotising enteritis.
D000126:Achlorhydria / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications*
Entérite nécrosante et géophagie