A Case of Gastric Ulcer Perforation in an Aged Patient That Occured after Sixth Day of Comfirmed Scarred Healing

Abstract

A 83-year-old male was admitted complaining of anorexia. He had been treated for four years for gastric ulcer. Gastroscopy performed 6 days before admission revealed complete scarring of ulcer at the angle of the lesser curvature. He began to feel epigastric distress after the gastroscopic examination. The day after admission he suffered suddenly from severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Laparotomy was immediatly done with a diagnosis of perforation of GI tract and revealed perforation of gastric ulcer : It is very rare for gastric ulcer to perforate within a short period of 6 days.