title: Acute gastric dilatation with necrosis and perforation: case report of a 16 year old girl.
abstract: Acute gastric dilatation with infarction, necrosis, and perforation is a rare event. Here, we are presenting the case of a 16-year-old girl who presented to the surgical emergency with vomiting, acute pain in the abdomen, and distension of abdomen. X-ray abdomen showed gas under the diaphragm and massively dilated gastric shadow. Emergency laparotomy was done in which massive dilatation of the stomach with necrosis and perforation was found. Total gastrectomy with esophagojejunostomy was performed and the patient survived.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India ; Room No. 73, New Girls Hostel, MAMC Bahadurshah Zaffar Marg, 110002 New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Badamutlang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dympep
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India ; House No. B-235, Priyadarshini Vihar, 110092 New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Chandra Bhushan
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India ; House No. A-8, Aruna Park Shakarpur, 110092 New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shakeel
keywords: Gastric necrosis; Stomach