[Gastric ulcer in the infant: clinical contribution]. / L'ulcera gastrica del lattante: contributo clinico.

ABSTRACT

The authors, after a short review on the etiopathological classification and the clinical exordium of the gastric ulcer in infancy, report a relapsing case nevertheless the therapy with cimetidine and antacid drugs. Furthermore they note the importance of the careful anamnesis and early and repeated occult blood stool tests to value for eventual gastric fiberendoscopy.