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ArticleAcute medicine & surgery2018

A case of intestinal obstruction due to inflammatory changes in the small intestine from alkaline ingestion.

Takaaki Maruhashi, Tasuku Hanajima, Kento Nakatani, Jun Hattori, Ichiro Takeuchi, Yuichi Kataoka, Yasushi Asari

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Article in Acute medicine & surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takaaki MaruhashiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8465-6274
Tasuku HanajimaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Kento NakataniDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Jun HattoriDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Ichiro TakeuchiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Yuichi KataokaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Yasushi AsariDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan.
Kitasato University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

caseAlkaline ingestion frequently causes corrosive esophagitis but rarely causes lower digestive tract injury. In this case, a 79-year-old man accidentally drank kitchen detergent. After 3 h, lower abdominal pain occurred and gradually worsened. He was taking a proton pump inhibitor after proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. He had local tenderness in the left lower abdomen. Abdominal computed tomography showed expansion of the small intestine, thickening of the intestinal wall, and inflammatory changes. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed no obvious injury to the esophagus or stomach. OUTCOME: Conservative treatment with an ileus tube was undertaken for intestinal obstruction caused by alkaline ingestion. There were no complications, such as gastrointestinal perforation, and he was discharged on day 17.

conclusionAlkaline ingestion may cause injuries not only to the upper but also to the lower digestive tract in patients who are taking proton pump inhibitors or have had gastrectomy.

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Alkaline ingestionesophagitisileusintestinal obstructionupper gastrointestinal tract

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