Spontaneous Rupture of the Stomach—A Case Report and Review of the Literature—

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed as having an upper gastric perforation, and emergency surgery was performed. The abdomen was full of food debris that had leaked from the stomach. A 6-cm perforation was found in the gastric wall, with no evidence of gastric ulcer. Suturing of the perforated gastric wall was performed, along with a gastrojejunostomy, since pyloric obstruction could not be ruled out on preoperative computed tomography. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful.