Stress ulcer of duodenum

Definition

Stress ulcers of duodenum are acute mucosal lesions occurring in critically ill patients that may result in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. They are usually superficial erosions but can develop into ulcers.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Duodenal ulcer

• DA63.0Duodenal erosion
• DA63.1Helicobacter-pylori associated duodenal ulcer
• DA63.2Helicobacter-pylori associated and drug-induced duodenal ulcer
• DA63.4Eosinophilic duodenal ulcer
• DA63.5Duodenal ulcer due to external causes
• DA63.6Infectious duodenal ulcer
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified