phlegmonous gastritis

• etiology:
  • septicemia
  • local abscess
  • postoperative stomach
  • complication of gastric ulcer/cancer

• organism: streptococcus

• symptoms:
  • severe fulminant illness
  • may vomit pus

• location:
  • usually limited to stomach not extending beyond the pylorus
  • submucosa most severely affected gastric layer

• XR: barium dissection into submucosa and serosa

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18