A peptic ulcer family

✍ Scribed by L. R. De Jode

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 315 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800510713

✦ Synopsis

MANY examples of familial peptic ulcer have been described. Another family, 10 members of which suffered from peptic ulcer, is recorded because of unusual features. Ulceration developed at an early age in several members and showed a marked tendency to penetration or other complications, including a choledochoduodenal fistula. Surgical treatment was required i n 3 siblings aged between 17 years and 21 years. T h e youngest affected member was shown to have a duodenal ulcer at the age of 6 years.