title: Gastric distension.
abstract: A woman, 82 years of age, presented to the emergency department with an 8 day history of worsening generalised abdominal pain, nonfaecal emesis and abdominal distension associated with a background history of 20 kg weight loss over the past few months.
authors.affiliation: The Townsville Hospital Institute of Surgery, Queensland, Australia. cheng.chingsiang@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ching-Siang
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hack
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000209:etiology*