background: caustics produce one of the most serious complications of poisonings. this research was aimed to study demographical, clinical and endoscopic findings in patients with corrosive injury. methods: in a retrospective survey, all records of the patients who had been admitted to razi and 17th shahrivar hospital in rasht city due to the ingestion of caustic agents during 2002-2009 and end...

Ingestion of caustic substances, either acidic or alkali, is a well-known cause significant mortality and morbidity in the pediatric adult populations. According to pH, physical form, amount, rate ingestion these wide range immediate as well possible subsequent chronic complications can result. Some patients may have minimal mild symptoms. However, others present with moderate even serious symp...

The ingestion of caustic soda is frequently a source complications. Esophageal stenosis remains among them the most frequent complication and by far formidable. Pyloric rare following soda. We report through this clinical case, cicatricial pyloric after associated with esophagus having caused vomiting onset severe malnutrition. diagnosis was confirmed oeso-gastro-duodenal transit (OGDT) child u...

Anaphylaxis presents in children with rapid involvement of typically 2 or more organ systems including cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and respiratory. Caustic ingestions (CI) may also present with acute involvement of cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and respiratory systems. We present 2 cases of "missed diagnosis" that illustrate how CI presenting with respiratory symptoms can be mistaken for anaphy...

Although the numbers have decreased compared with in the past, cases of patients who ingest caustic substances and visit the emergency room are not rare. However, well-summarized data about caustic injuries are insufficient. Therefore, in this article, I will discuss the etiologic causative agents, injury mechanism, and clinical characteristics, as well as the endoscopic evaluation of the degre...