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DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-870437
Ischemic Gastropathy: Leopard Skin in the Stomach
H.-P. Wang, M. D.
Departments of Emergency Medicine
National Taiwan University Hospital
No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road
Taipei
Taiwan
Fax: +886-2-23223150
eMail: whp@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
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Publikationsdatum:
22. August 2005 (online)
Figure 1 A 73-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for a cardiac arrest that occurred outside the hospital. After resuscitation, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed because of gastrointestinal bleeding. The endoscopic view of the gastric antrum showed numerous reddish patches of subepithelial hemorrhage, mimicking the appearance of leopard skin.
Figure 2 Pathological examination of the biopsy specimen revealed ischemic gastropathy. Note the cytoplasmic vacuolization and hyalinization of the degenerative epithelial cells. The paucity of inflammatory cells distinguished the ischemia from infection (hematoxylin & eosin stain; original magnification × 100).
H.-P. Wang, M. D.
Departments of Emergency Medicine
National Taiwan University Hospital
No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road
Taipei
Taiwan
Fax: +886-2-23223150
eMail: whp@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
H.-P. Wang, M. D.
Departments of Emergency Medicine
National Taiwan University Hospital
No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road
Taipei
Taiwan
Fax: +886-2-23223150
eMail: whp@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
Figure 1 A 73-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for a cardiac arrest that occurred outside the hospital. After resuscitation, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed because of gastrointestinal bleeding. The endoscopic view of the gastric antrum showed numerous reddish patches of subepithelial hemorrhage, mimicking the appearance of leopard skin.
Figure 2 Pathological examination of the biopsy specimen revealed ischemic gastropathy. Note the cytoplasmic vacuolization and hyalinization of the degenerative epithelial cells. The paucity of inflammatory cells distinguished the ischemia from infection (hematoxylin & eosin stain; original magnification × 100).