Gastritis flegmonosa: caso clínico y revisión de la literatura / Phlegmonous gastritis: case report and review of the literature

ABSTRACT

Phlegmonous gastritis in an infrequent condition with high mortality characterized by suppurative infection of the gastric wall as a consecuence of a localized or hematogenous infection. The clinical and laboratory findings are nonsoecific and the endoscopy and endosonography are the methods of choice for the diagnosis. The treatment should by prompt and sometimes requires antibiotic therapy in association with gastric resection. In this report we present a case of phlegmonous gastritis as a complication of an endoscopic procedure.