Severe Gastric Ulcerations With Impending Necrosis in a Patient Who Had Gastric Balloon Insertion Following Previous Sleeve Gastrectomy

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e22983
• Main Authors: Al Harthy, Salim, Al Lawati, Abdullah, Al Lawati, Meetham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 09.03.2022; Cureus
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Case reports; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Laparoscopy; Nausea; Necrosis; Obesity; Patients; Stomach; Urinary tract infections; Weight control; endoscopic intragastric balloon; stomach ulcer; endoscopic management of obesity; sleeve gastrectomy; tight peptic stricture; sloughing mucosa

In this report, we discuss the case of a 44-year-old obese female patient who had her recently installed intragastric balloon removed due to ulceration in the gastric mucosa, which would have led to necrosis as shown by oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD). In addition, she had symptoms of nausea, vo...