TY - JOUR T1 - Acute clostridial enteritis--or pig-bel? JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 678 LP - 679 DO - 10.1136/gut.24.7.678 VL - 24 IS - 7 AU - P G Devitt AU - G W Stamp Y1 - 1983/07/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/7/678.abstract N2 - 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). ER -