Gastric stenosis in severe corrosive gastritis: prognostic evaluation by endoscopic ultrasonography.
BACKGROUND
Endoscopic ultrasonography can provide high-resolution images of the gastric wall.


METHODS
A 24-year-old woman with severe corrosive gastritis following massive ingestion of an alkaline household chemical was examined with endoscopic ultrasonography using a 20-MHz probe. Endoscopic ultrasonography disclosed diffuse thickening of the entire gastric wall and lack of demarcation of the muscular layer in the antrum. Several weeks after the ingestion, stenosis developed in the antrum and was treated with laparoscopic gastrectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Endoscopic ultrasonography can provide accurate evaluation of depth of lesions in corrosive gastritis and may be useful in predicting gastric stenosis.
Kamijo
Yoshito
Y
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. yk119@kitasato-u.ac.jp
Kondo
Ichiei
I
Watanabe
Masaaki
M
Kan'o
Tomomichi
T
Ide
Ayako
A
Soma
Kazui
K
D000328:Adult; D000468:Alkalies / Q000506:poisoning; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002424:Caustics / Q000506:poisoning*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D000468:Alkalies; D002424:Caustics