Delayed Gastric Perforation by a Retained Fish Bone in a Patient on Chronic Pantoprazole Therapy: A Case Report
Azzra Ikram, Selvamurthi K. Selvarajah, Jun Sen Chuah & Norly Salleh · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2026
Background: Gastric perforation from foreign body ingestion is rare, as the stomach’s high acidity and robust muscular wall typically facilitate digestion or safe transit. However, chronic proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy induces pharmacologic hypochlorhydria. This reduced aci...
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10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i1745