Korean J Gastrointest Endosc > Volume 8(1); 1988 > Article

Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1988;8(1): 19-23.

염산에 의한 부식성 위염 1예 ( A Case of Corrosive Gastritis Caused by Hydrochloric Acid )

김형길, 한광협, 이상인, 최흥재, 노성훈, 박광화, 이유복 (Hyung Gil Kim, Kwang Hyub Han, Sang In Lee, Heung Jai Choi, Sung Hoon Noh, Kwang Hwa Park and Yoo Bock Lee)

Abstract

Recently the use of hydrochloric acid as a toilet disinfectant has become more common, and the risk of its ingestion is though to be increasing. We experienced a case of 67 year-old man who accidentally ingested hydrochloric acid and as a result developed a postprandial epigastric fullness end pain 3 weeks thereafter, The patient underwent an UGI series, fiberoptic gastroscope and abdominal ultrasonography and was found to have a gastric midbody stricture. A total gastreetomy and Roux-en- Y esophagojejunostomy was performed. We report this case with brief review of the literature.