Concomitant Arterio-Mesenteric Obstruction of the Duodenum and Chronic Oesophagitis Case Report
Year: 1952
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The following is the case record of a 36-year-old woinaii with niegaduodenum and peptic oesophagitis.The combination of t'liese recognised conditions is rare and a similar case record does not.a,ppea,r to have been previously published.Mentally and physically iioriiial up t o t h e apt: of 16, she gradually developed the following symptoms:,ifter riieals she hatl borborygriii and a sensation of oppression aiid of swelling in the epigastrinni; relief was afforded a few hours later by vomiting: in addition thew was pain in the epigastriuiii.The condition n r i e t l hut during severe spells she vomited after every meal, suffered great loss of weight, and I~ecarne exhausted and unfit for work.During the previous 3 years, deglutition hatl been associated with pain i n the cardiac region radiating t o t h e back: t h e previous 12 months she could take only liquid or soft' foods arid had a feeling t h a t its passage \va;j obstructed a.t, the level of the lower part of the sternum; on occasions she vomited niucus.During the previous 20 years she had been in hospital with digestive disorders a i d iiitercurrcnt diseases: hepatitis, 9 years pre\-iously: nephritis and rheuniatoid p l yarthritis, 4 years later.The syniptorris of dyspepsia wero associated with a nnniher of others suggesting some horiiioiial disorder of unknown pathogene& and stamped 1)y a certain psycholability.The haelnoglobin values: the standard niet;ibolisni and seriini protein percentage often showed low figures.Ilarrictl for 5 years but had no children.she considered herself t o he psycliicall~ iroriiia1; in 1950 she attPniptet1 suicide hut for reasoiis uiicoiiiiectec~ with her diseascx.-1 roentgen examination of the alimentary tract; carried out 1 4 years previousl>-.ii;itl pro\-etl negative.('oi?rJifim 012 udmissiotz (January, 1951): The patient was in a niiserable condition: wciglit 30 kilos.She was alniost unable t o sn-allo~v ant1 a duodenal tuhe \\-as passe(1 Siul~niitted for publication Oct. 31, 1951.
Source: Acta Radiologica
Author: Erling Ratjen
Institution: Gentofte Hospital
Language: English
Topic: Esophageal and GI Pathology
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2018857985