TY - JOUR
T1 - Necrotizing granulomatous gastritis and gastric perforation of unknown etiology
T2 - A first case report
AU - Compton, Carolyn C.
AU - Von Lichtenberg, Franz
PY - 1983/2
Y1 - 1983/2
N2 - A unique case of granulomatous gastritis of unknown etiology is reported. The patient, a 43-year-old Haitian woman, suffered a gastric perforation from a disease process limited to the stomach. The stomach was markedly enlarged and edematous with transmural, serpiginous granulomatous tracks throughout the gastric wall, but most numerous in the fundic region. Accompanying acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrates were scant. No microorganisms, parasites, foreign body particles, or other known granulogenic materials could be identified. Clinical and pathologic features also differed markedly from granulomatous gastritis seen in sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease, or isolated granulomatous gastritis as defined by Fahmi et al.10 Infection by a parasite for which man is not the definitive host seems the most likely etiology.
AB - A unique case of granulomatous gastritis of unknown etiology is reported. The patient, a 43-year-old Haitian woman, suffered a gastric perforation from a disease process limited to the stomach. The stomach was markedly enlarged and edematous with transmural, serpiginous granulomatous tracks throughout the gastric wall, but most numerous in the fundic region. Accompanying acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrates were scant. No microorganisms, parasites, foreign body particles, or other known granulogenic materials could be identified. Clinical and pathologic features also differed markedly from granulomatous gastritis seen in sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease, or isolated granulomatous gastritis as defined by Fahmi et al.10 Infection by a parasite for which man is not the definitive host seems the most likely etiology.
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-198302000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00004836-198302000-00013
M3 - Article
C2 - 6841950
AN - SCOPUS:0020662644
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 5
SP - 59
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 1
ER -