A Case of Cicatricial Contracted Stomach Due to the Ingestion of Formalin.
- Author:
Seong Chae JEONG
;
Seong Il LEE
;
Hye Rang KIM
;
Tae Jin SONG
;
Il Soon WHANG
;
Chang Duck KIM
;
Ho Sang RYU
;
Jin Hai HYUN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Alcohols;
Contracture;
Deodorants;
Eating*;
Embalming;
Fibrosis;
Formaldehyde*;
Gastrectomy;
Gastritis;
Linitis Plastica;
Odors;
Stomach*;
Textile Industry;
Ulcer;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1989;9(1):11-14
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Formaldehyde is a colorless irritating gas of pungent odor, which is used as a disinfectant, antiseptic, deodorant, tissue fixative and embalming fluid, It is used in the formation of resins, alcohols and acids, and in permanent press processes in the textile industry. If formaldehyde is swallowed, severe abdominal pain and vomiting is immediately noted. Corrosive gastritis can follow with diffuse ulceration, fibrosis and contracture of the stomach, resembling linitis plastica, which may be severe enough to require gastrectomy. We report a case of cicatricial contracted stomach due to the ingestion of formalin.
