Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride

Calcium chloride is a relatively harmless chemical that is frequently used as a dehumidifying agent. However, there have been rare reports that the accidental ingestion of this substance can cause gastric necrosis. We describe such a case of gastric necrosis in a 66-year-old woman who had accidental...

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Autores principales: Nakagawa, Yoichi, Maeda, Atsuyuki, Takahashi, Takamasa, Kaneoka, Yuji
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903978
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000446
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author Nakagawa, Yoichi
Maeda, Atsuyuki
Takahashi, Takamasa
Kaneoka, Yuji
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description Calcium chloride is a relatively harmless chemical that is frequently used as a dehumidifying agent. However, there have been rare reports that the accidental ingestion of this substance can cause gastric necrosis. We describe such a case of gastric necrosis in a 66-year-old woman who had accidentally ingested calcium chloride. Our findings indicate that the gastric necrosis in this patient was probably attributable to heat generated by the calcium chloride solution in the stomach. When ingested in large amounts, calcium chloride thus has the potential to cause gastric necrosis.
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spelling pubmed-74474622020-09-04 Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride Nakagawa, Yoichi Maeda, Atsuyuki Takahashi, Takamasa Kaneoka, Yuji ACG Case Rep J Case Report Calcium chloride is a relatively harmless chemical that is frequently used as a dehumidifying agent. However, there have been rare reports that the accidental ingestion of this substance can cause gastric necrosis. We describe such a case of gastric necrosis in a 66-year-old woman who had accidentally ingested calcium chloride. Our findings indicate that the gastric necrosis in this patient was probably attributable to heat generated by the calcium chloride solution in the stomach. When ingested in large amounts, calcium chloride thus has the potential to cause gastric necrosis. Wolters Kluwer 2020-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7447462/ /pubmed/32903978 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000446 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Nakagawa, Yoichi
Maeda, Atsuyuki
Takahashi, Takamasa
Kaneoka, Yuji
Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride
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title_full Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride
title_fullStr Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride
title_full_unstemmed Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride
title_short Gastric Necrosis because of Ingestion of Calcium Chloride
title_sort gastric necrosis because of ingestion of calcium chloride
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903978
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000446
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