IMAGES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Acute gastric dilatation
1 Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, India
2 Department of Surgery, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, India
3 Medical Services, Uttar Bharat Area, Bareilly, India
4 Department of Radiology, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, India
5 Command Headquarters (Central Command), Medical Branch, Lucknow, India
Correspondence to:
Dr A S Kashyap, Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow Cantt 226 002, India; kashyapajits@gmail.com
Accepted 12 May 2008
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A 36-year-old-woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus presented with a one-day history of diffuse abdominal pain, watery loose motions, vomiting and nausea. These symptoms were preceded by a bout of enormous food intake. There was no history of substance abuse or toxic drug intake. Clinically she had a massively distended abdomen and was in severe respiratory distress; femoral pulses were absent. Plain radiograph of the abdomen showed a massively distended stomach extending into the pelvis (fig 1). Computed tomography and ultrasound of the abdomen revealed displaced intestines, compressed aorta and mesenteric veins. An urgent laparotomy revealed an enormously distended stomach without obstruction, adhesions or volvulus. Gastrotomy and nasogastric suction led to the removal of 9 litres of gastric contents. Following gastric decompression the mesenteric and femoral pulses returned to normal. She made an uneventful recovery. She had a history of bulimia and a binge eating disorder. Acute gastric
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