title: Gastric necrosis and perforation caused by acute gastric dilatation: report of a case.
abstract: We report the case of an 18-year-old, mentally retarded boy who suffered acute abdominal symptoms and signs after eating a heavy meal. Laparotomy showed massive gastric dilatation with near-total infarction and perforation. Total gastrectomy and esophagojejunostomy were performed, but the patient died a few hours after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canbay
authors.forename: Kursat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karadayi
authors.forename: Esin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yildiz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015897:Comorbidity; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004435:Eating; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011312:Pressure; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*