TITLE:
A Rare Cause of Stomach Gangrene: Necrotizing Gastritis
AUTHORS:
Hicham El Bouhaddouti, Tarik Souiki, Khalid Mazine, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
KEYWORDS:
Gastric Necrosis, Necrotizing Gastritis, Surgery
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: Necrosis of the stomach is rare. It occurs when there is vascular anomalies, gastric volvulus or her-niation and in infectious gastritis. We report a case in which infectious gastritis leads to a necrotiz-ing gastritis that is treated with urgent gastrectomy.