A Life-Threatening Complication of Upper Endoscopy

Gastroenterology. 2021 Feb;160(3):e1-e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.027. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

Authors

Tobias Schlosser¹, Paula Piechotta², Thomas Karlas³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospitals of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.karlas@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.

PMID: 32569775
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.027

No abstract available

Keywords: Abdominal Pain; Acute Abdomen; Endoscopy; Infectious Complication; Phlegmonous Gastritis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / adverse effects
Biopsy / adverse effects
Cellulitis / complications
Cellulitis / diagnosis*
Cellulitis / microbiology
Cellulitis / pathology
Equipment Contamination
Gastric Mucosa / diagnostic imaging
Gastric Mucosa / microbiology
Gastric Mucosa / pathology
Gastritis / chemically induced
Gastritis / complications
Gastritis / diagnosis*
Gastritis / microbiology
Gastroscopes / microbiology
Gastroscopy / adverse effects*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Streptococcal Infections / complications
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcal Infections / pathology
Streptococcus / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal