Gastrointestinal disturbances in stroke.
The study includes analysis of 498 post-mortems of stroke patients treated in the Department of Vascular Diseases of the CNS Warsaw, in the years 1974-1985. In that group, gastrointestinal complications were found in 120 cases (24.09%) which included 82 cases of ischaemic focus in the brain and 38 cases of haemorrhagic focus due to cerebral haemorrhage. Of the 120 patients with gastrointestinal complications 75 (63.5%) had massive haemorrhage into the lumen of the alimentary tract; in half, gastrointestinal haemorrhage had occurred within 7 days of the stroke. No statistically significant correlation was observed between the type of mucosal lesion and the site of ischaemic or haemorrhagic lesion in the brain.
Department of Vascular Diseases of the Central Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
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D001344:Autopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology