Gastromegaly from Chronic Duodenal Ulcer in a Child.

The single case recorded here falls naturally into three chapters. (1) A previously healthy female baby began at the age of six months to suffer from vomiting which continued more or less up to the age of seven years. (2) At seven she showed extreme gastromegaly from obstruction to the evacuation of the stomach which operation discovered to be due to a chronic cicatrizing duodenal ulcer. Gastro-jejunostomy gave permanent relief from the symptoms of ulcer. (3) At the age of 28 her abdomen was opened for gall-stones and the scar of the old ulcer adherent to the head of the pancreas was seen.