Citation

Mori H, Tsushimi T, Kobara H, Nishiyama N, Fujihara S, Matsunaga T, Ayaki M, Chiyo T, Masaki T. Intern. Med. 2015; 54(20): 2599-2601.

Affiliation

Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Kagawa University, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine)

DOI

10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4766

PMID

26466695

Abstract

As numerous reports were published regarding the so-called seatbelt syndrome involved in car crashes, most of them were mentioned about small intestine, duodenum and colon perforations and solid organ bleeding. No reports have been published regarding multiple gastric mucosal tears with intra-gastric wall air leakage with massive bleeding. A 65-year-old woman was admitted after a motor vehicle crash. She vomited massive fresh blood. Gastric mucosal breaks, approximately 5 cm in length, were observed. Computed tomography imaging revealed multiple gastric mucosal breaks. We report a rare case wherein a traffic accident caused a serious condition associated with massive digestive bleeding.

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