Pill-induced gastric injury.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pill-induced esophageal injury is a well described clinical entity. In contrast, pill-induced gastric injury has not been well characterized. In this report, we describe two patients with acute gastric ulcers due to pill ingestion and review the available literature on pill-induced gastric injury. The first patient presented with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and was found to have a large gastric ulcer with multiple potassium chloride pills in the ulcer crater. The second patient presented with odynophagia and endoscopy revealed doxycycline-induced esophageal and gastric injury. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of doxycycline-induced gastric ulcer.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Doxycycline
- Potassium Chloride
- Stomach Ulcer