Case Report
Gastric Emphysema in a Diabetic Patient Presenting as Chest Pain-A Case Report and Literature Review
Mazin Khalid1*, Ahmed Bakhit2, Vijay Gayam1 and Mowyad Khalid3
1Interfaith Medical Center, Medical Resident, 1545 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2University of Lowa Hospitals and Clinics, Staff Physician, 200 Hawkins Drive, Lowa City, USA
3Medani Teaching Hospital-Medical officer, Wd Medani, Algezira, Sudan
- *Corresponding Author:
- Mazin Khalid M.D
Interfaith Medical Center, Medical Resident
1545 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11213, USA
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Email: mailto:Mkhalid@interfaithmedicalcenter.com
Received date: June 18, 2016; Accepted date: June 28, 2016; Published date: June 30, 2016
Citation: Khalid M, Bakhit A, Gayam V, Khalid M (2016) Gastric Emphysema in a Diabetic Patient Presenting as Chest Pain-A Case Report and Literature Review. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 6:448. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000448
Copyright: © 2016 Khalid M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Gastric emphysema (GE) is a rare radiological finding; Only 41 cases have been reported in literature between 1889-2003. During our review we found 22 cases that are reported in the last decade. The difficulty to differentiate GE from Emphysematous gastritis – which entails a more malignant course, poses a challenge to the clinicians in management. To our knowledge this is the first case of gastric emphysema presenting with chest pain and vomiting. We present a case of a diabetic woman whom presented with chest pain found vomiting and admitted initially as a cardiac case. Later on her admission she was found to have gastric emphysema. She was treated conservatively and had a full recovery.
