Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 70-year-old male presented to the emergency department with travel-associated vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. He was found to have gastric pneumatosis on computed tomography. His serum lactic acid level was within normal limits, and he had a benign clinical course. Gastric pneumatosis can be found in a wide spectrum of clinical situations, from benign to life-threatening. Causes can include ischemia, infections with gas-producing organisms (emphysematous gastritis), or various situations that result in increased intraluminal pressure. As this patient had not recently undergone any endoscopic procedures and had a benign presentation and clinical course, the cause, in this case, is presumed to be related to vigorous retching during a bout of traveler's gastroenteritis.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.68916
Authors: Matthias Barden, Chris D Kim, Muffadel A Taher
Institution: Eisenhower Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402344284