A Danger of Peptic Ulceration

Stress Ulcers in the Stomach

“…The same alarming sequence has since then been reported after injury to the abdomen (Gray, 1945), nervous system (Opper and Zimmerman, 1938 ;Globus and Ralston, 1951), and bones Wangensteen et al, 1945), as well as after surgical operations (McDonnell and McCloskey, 1953;Lane Roberts, 1954), particularly those on the heart (Berkowitz et al, 1957).In this paper are presented six examples of acute gastric erosions developing after exposure to various forms of stress in previously eupeptic patients, none of whom had been receiving salicylate treatment. All were fatal, five with haemorrhage, and in all cases postmortem examination seemed satisfactorily to exclude pre-existing peptic ulceration.…”

“…The same alarming sequence has since then been reported after injury to the abdomen (Gray, 1945), nervous system (Opper and Zimmerman, 1938 ;Globus and Ralston, 1951), and bones Wangensteen et al, 1945), as well as after surgical operations (McDonnell and McCloskey, 1953;Lane Roberts, 1954), particularly those on the heart (Berkowitz et al, 1957).…”