Image of the Month: Emphysematous Gastritis and Necrosis as a Result of Orally Ingested Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (Kayexalate) in Sorbitol

Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Mar;111(3):309. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.250.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications
  • Aged
  • Cathartics / administration & dosage
  • Cathartics / adverse effects
  • Chelating Agents / administration & dosage
  • Chelating Agents / adverse effects
  • Gastritis* / chemically induced
  • Gastritis* / diagnosis
  • Gastroscopy / methods
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / drug therapy*
  • Hyperkalemia / etiology
  • Ischemia / chemically induced
  • Male
  • Necrosis / chemically induced
  • Polystyrenes* / administration & dosage
  • Polystyrenes* / adverse effects
  • Sorbitol* / administration & dosage
  • Sorbitol* / adverse effects
  • Stomach* / blood supply
  • Stomach* / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach* / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Cathartics
  • Chelating Agents
  • Polystyrenes
  • Sorbitol
  • polystyrene sulfonic acid