title: Spontaneous rupture of the stomach in preschool age children: a report of two cases.
abstract: The cases of two preschool-age children who suffered spontaneous gastric ruptures are reported herein. The first was a 2-year-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot, transferred to our hospital due to shock. A laparotomy was performed under the diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation, and two perforations of the posterior wall of the gastric fundus were found. The second case, a 4-year-old girl who had previously experienced an episode of gastric dilatation, was admitted to our department with abdominal distention and vomiting. An abdominal X-ray film revealed a pneumoperitoneum, and an emergency laparotomy was performed, confirming a round rupture in the posterior wall of the stomach. Both patients had a satisfactory postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiyama
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*