Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case

We present a case of a rare cause of gastric perforation and pneumoperitoneum, associated with Sarcina ventriculi. An 88-year-old male presented to the emergency room with significant abdominal pain as his chief complaint. Abdominal radiograph showed extensive free intraperitoneal gas under the diap...

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Autores principales: Klumpp, Linda C, Sinopoli, Brenton, Alkhatib, Bailey L, Horvath, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654642
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32609
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author Klumpp, Linda C
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Horvath, Joseph
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description We present a case of a rare cause of gastric perforation and pneumoperitoneum, associated with Sarcina ventriculi. An 88-year-old male presented to the emergency room with significant abdominal pain as his chief complaint. Abdominal radiograph showed extensive free intraperitoneal gas under the diaphragms. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis showed pneumatosis, portal venous gas, and extensive free intraperitoneal gas with free fluid. Immediate surgical intervention ensued. The gastric biopsies obtained proved valuable for confirming the diagnosis of S. ventriculi. In conjunction with surgery, the patient received a course of antibiotics for a cure.
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spelling pubmed-98408972023-01-17 Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case Klumpp, Linda C Sinopoli, Brenton Alkhatib, Bailey L Horvath, Joseph Cureus Internal Medicine We present a case of a rare cause of gastric perforation and pneumoperitoneum, associated with Sarcina ventriculi. An 88-year-old male presented to the emergency room with significant abdominal pain as his chief complaint. Abdominal radiograph showed extensive free intraperitoneal gas under the diaphragms. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis showed pneumatosis, portal venous gas, and extensive free intraperitoneal gas with free fluid. Immediate surgical intervention ensued. The gastric biopsies obtained proved valuable for confirming the diagnosis of S. ventriculi. In conjunction with surgery, the patient received a course of antibiotics for a cure. Cureus 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9840897/ /pubmed/36654642 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32609 Text en Copyright © 2022, Klumpp et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Klumpp, Linda C
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Alkhatib, Bailey L
Horvath, Joseph
Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title_full Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title_fullStr Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title_full_unstemmed Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title_short Gastric Perforation Due to Sarcina ventriculi: A Histologically Confirmed Case
title_sort gastric perforation due to sarcina ventriculi: a histologically confirmed case
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840897/
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