Gastric wall abscess presenting as thoracic pain: rare presentation of an old disease

Authors Joaquin Valle Alonso, Juan Jose de la Fuente Carillo, Manuel Angel Gutierrez Solis, Francisco Javier Vara Morate, Daniel José López Ruiz.

Abstract

Acute phlegmonous gastritis, a suppurative infection of the gastric wall, has a high mortality rate. This disease remains a mystery to most clinicians. The rarity of this disease and its nonspecific presentation make early diagnosis difficult, especially in the emergency department. We describe a case of acute phlegmonous gastritis presenting as gastric wall abscess in a 55-year-old woman who visited the emergency department, illustrating the severity of this disease, the difficulty in its diagnosis and its unusual presentation.

Keywords Suppurative gastritis, gastric abscess, CT scan

Published
2013-09-24
Section
Case Reports