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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 12;15(8):e251314.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-251314.

Emphysematous gastritis

Ryohei Ono  1 , Ryo Ito  2 , Kayo Yamamoto  2 , Kaoruko Aoki  2 , Yoshio Kobayashi  2
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Case Reports

Emphysematous gastritis

Ryohei Ono et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: emergency medicine; gas/free gas; gastroenterology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest radiograph showing air in the gastric wall (arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A and B) Enhanced abdominal CT revealing air in the gastric wall with gastric tube and hepatic portal venous gas. (C) Follow-up CT scan performed 2 days later showing the disappearance of hepatic portal venous gas.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Diagrammatic explanations of the mechanism of emphysematous gastritis.
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