TRANSIENT ALLERGIC GASTRIC EDEMA: REPORT OF GASTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS DURING ASTHMATIC ATTACKS
Authors: J LICHSTEIN, M BENJAMIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 May 1950TRANSIENT ALLERGIC GASTRIC EDEMA: REPORT OF GASTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS DURING ASTHMATIC ATTACKSJACOB LICHSTEIN, M.D., MAX BENJAMIN, M.D.JACOB LICHSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAX BENJAMIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-5-967 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe subject of gastrointestinal allergy remains a controversial one filled with much surmise. Especially does this apply to gastric disorders where the correlation between clinical manifestations and pathologic change is meager, and where obtaining such evidence is difficult with our present means of investigation. In particular, elucidation is needed in the relationship between gastrointestinal allergy to atopy elsewhere, i.e., bronchial asthma, urticaria and allergic rhinitis.For these reasons, objective findings and observations of the gastric mucosa in the allergic state are valuable. It is, therefore, deemed worthy of note to report the changes in the interior of the stomach as...Bibliography1. Chevallier R: Oedeme gastrique fugace par allergie au venin d'abeille, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol. de Lyon 109: 203, 1935. Google Scholar2. AfendoulisGulzow TCM: Allergisch-hyperergische Gastritis, Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med. 104: 167, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PollardStuart HMGJ: Experimental reproduction of gastric allergy in human beings with controlled observations on mucosa, J. Allergy 13: 467, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PavoitChevallier JR: Les gastropathies allergiques, J. d. méd. de Lyon, p. 31, 1936. Google Scholar5. ChevallierMoutier PF: L'estomac dans les maladies de la peau, Rev. d. path. comparée 470: 1325, 1935. Google Scholar6. Schindler R: Gastritis, 1947, Grune and Stratton, New York. Google Scholar7. Lundbaek : Et tilfaelde af gastroscoisk veriferet ventrikelodem ved, Quincke's Sygdom. Ugesk. f. Laeger 22: 658, 1939. Google Scholar8. ChevallierMoutier PF: Angioneurotic edema of the stomach, Presse méd. 54: 860, 1946. Google Scholar9. Afendoulis TC: Observations on acute allergic gastritis, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 15: 90, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. FriesenStateJasper SRDDE: Production of allergic gastric and duodenal edema which predisposes to histamine-provoked ulcer in dogs, Surgery 23: 167, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication August 14, 1948.From the Gastrointestinal Clinic of the Los Angeles County Hospital, and Graduate Division, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, Calif. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAbdominal PainGastritis: Its Clinical Significance: With Special Emphasis on the Tumor-Simulating VarietyDie Krankheiten des MagensRoentgen studies of allergic children with disturbances of the pylorus resulting from food sensitivityGastroscopy: A Five Year Study in a Large General Hospital 1 May 1950Volume 32, Issue 5Page: 967-970KeywordsAllergic rhinitisAllergy and immunologyAsthmaEdemaGastric mucosaGastroenterology and hepatologyGraduate medical educationHospitalsStomachUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...