PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P G Devitt
AU  - G W Stamp
TI  - Acute clostridial enteritis--or pig-bel?
AID  - 10.1136/gut.24.7.678
DP  - 1983 Jul 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 678--679
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/7/678.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/7/678.full
SO  - Gut1983 Jul 01; 24
AB  - Acute postprandial gastric dilatation and associated clostridial enteritis necroticans is a well recognised but unusual clinical condition. Non-pathological overeating, gastric distension, and clostridial enteritis, termed pig-bel, has been reported in Papua, New Guinea. A similar condition (Darmbrand) was reported from Germany after the second world war, but it is not a condition seen in our society today. Gastric dilatation alone may be seen in individuals with anorexia nervosa, who may occasionally indulge in episodes of overeating (bulimia). We wish to report a case of gastric dilatation associated with a fulminating enteritis, and discuss the similarities with enteritis necroticans (pig-bel).