Corrosive jejunitis due to ingestion of nitric acid.
Corrosive damage to the small bowel is not common; stasis of acid in the stomach usually prevents extensive jejunal damage. The case presented herein is unusual because the patient had a gastroenterostomy and sustained extensive injury of the jejunum after ingesting acid. The patient survived but developed a jejunal stricture that eventually required resection.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004751:Enteritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009566:Nitrates / Q000506:poisoning*; D011859:Radiography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009566:Nitrates