Case Report
Year: 2022 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 136-139
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221117
Posterior Gastric Perforation: An Uncommon Surgical Emergency
Dr. Mangesh Hivre1, Dr. Pradeep Pawar2, Dr. Piyush Dhaigude3, Professor Dr. Dilip Gupta4, Dr. Krishan Kumar5
1Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha
2Resident, Department of General Surgery MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha
3Seniour Resident, Department of General Surgery MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha
4Professor and Head of Department, Department of General Surgery MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha
5Seniour Resident, Department of General Surgery MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha
Corresponding Author: Dr. Mangesh Hivre
ABSTRACT
Posterior perforation of gastric ulcer is a rare clinical condition. The more frequent type of perforation associated with the stomach is an anterior perforation located at the pyloro-duodenal area. Only 5-8% of these ulcers lie along the posterior wall of the body of stomach. Making a pre-operative diagnosis of posterior gastric perforation requires a; high degree of suspicion as most times the diagnosis is made intra-operatively. Delayed presentation is a characteristic of posterior perforation We present a case of a 70-years-old male with a spontaneous posterior gastric perforation with a benign histopathology
Key words: Posterior gastric perforation, gastric ulcer, uncommon surgical emergency.