Table 1
Six cases of gastric emphysema reported in Korea

Case Age/Sex Cause Treatment Outcome
Yang et al. [9] 58/M Severe vomiting Nasogastric decompression, TPN, antibiotics Improved and discharged after 13 days of admission
Moon et al. [10] 53/M Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide ingestion Administration of activated charcoal Died 6 hr after admission
Hyun et al. [11] 62/M Endoscopic submucosal dissection Antibiotics Abdominal pain and fever subsided, 1 day after initial manifestation
Jeong et al. [12] 57/F Endoscopic submucosal tumor biopsy Laparoscopic wedge resection -
Kim et al. [13] 17/F SMA syndrome due to anorexia nervosa Nasogastric decompression, TPN Improved and transferred at 27 days after admission
Kim et al. [14] 68/M SMA syndrome Nasogastric decompression, hydration Died of heart failure
TPN, total parenteral nutrition; SMA, superior mesenteric artery.