DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION FOLLOWING A CUTANEOUS BURN; REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Vincent W. Koch, William A. Fischer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 May 1945DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION FOLLOWING A CUTANEOUS BURN; REPORT OF A CASEVINCENT W. KOCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM A. FISCHER, M.D.VINCENT W. KOCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM A. FISCHER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-5-719 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHistorical. "Dupuytren, in 1832, 10 years before Curling's article appeared, called attention to the change in the 'intestinal canal' which followed burns. Violent congestion, severe gastroenteritis, and 'more or less deep ulceration' were the conditions he found, depending on the length of time the patient had survived the accident. Long, in 1840, described two instances of fatal burns in which perforation of duodenal ulcers occurred."†The term "Curling's ulcer," as Keeley1points out, has been adopted largely because his was the largest collection of cases yet published, and because his original paper described lesions occurring specifically in the duodenum, the...Bibliography1. KEELEY JL: Gastrointestinal ulceration following burns, Am. Jr. Surg., 1939, xlv, 85. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BANCROFTROGERS FWCS: The treatment of cutaneous burns, Ann. Surg., 1926, lxxxiv, 1-18. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HARRIS RI: Fatal burn: Death due to hemorrhage into the suprarenal capsule and to hemorrhage from a duodenal ulcer, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1929, xvi, 677-680. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LEVIN JJ: Duodenal ulcers following burns; with report of two cases, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1929, xvii, 110-113. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MALLORYBRICKLEY TBWJ: Pathology: with special reference to the pulmonary lesions. Symposium on the management of the Cocoanut Grove burns at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Ann. Surg., 1943, cxvii, 883. Google Scholar6. HARKINS HN: Acute ulcer of the duodenum (Curling's ulcer), as a complication of burns; relation to sepsis, Surgery, 1938, iii, 608. Google Scholar7. MAES U: Curling's ulcer (duodenal ulcer following cutaneous burns), Ann. Surg., 1930, xxi, 527. Google Scholar8. MCLAUGHLIN CW: The Curling ulcer. Study of intestinal ulceration associated with suprarenal damage, Arch. Surg., 1933, xxvii, 490-505. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SIMPSON JC: Brit. Med. Jr., 1923, ii, 1875-1889. Google Scholar10. ROBERTSONBOYD : Toxemia of severe superficial burns, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1923, ix, 1-14. Google Scholar11. STEWART MJ: Pathology of gastric ulcer; etiology of peptic ulcer, Brit. Med. Jr., 1923, ii, 955-957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. PERRYSHAW ECLE: On diseases of the duodenum, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1894, l, 171-308. Google Scholar13. NECHELESOLSON HWH: Experimental investigation of gastrointestinal secretions and mobility following burns and their relation to ulcer, Surgery, 1942, xi, 751. Google Scholar14. PACK GI: Pathology of burns, Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 1926, i, 767. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Janesville, Wisconsin*Received for publication July 7, 1944.†Quoted from KEELEY.1 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySchock und Kollaps 1 May 1945Volume 22, Issue 5Page: 719-727KeywordsBurnsDuodenal ulcersDuodenumGastroenteritisLesionsUlcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...