title: Formaldehyde-induced corrosive gastric cicatrization: case report.
abstract: A patient with poisoning due to formaldehyde ingestion is described. Endoscopy showed severe oesophageal burns and moderate gastric injury. Four weeks later endoscopy and barium examination revealed a normal oesophagus while the distal part of stomach was cicatrized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005557:Formaldehyde