had an antropyloric stricture while four others had more severe lesions such as microgastria (n = 2), corporeoantral
stricture (n = 1) or midgastric stricture (n = 1). It is possible that these extensive lesions were due to the fact that
a large amount of concentrated corrosive was ingested on an empty stomach. This should be suspected when a gastric
outlet occlusion or early satiety are found following ingestion of corrosives [12]. FEGD and EGBS are necessary for accurate diagnosis [4,13,14]. FEGD provides a roadmap of the gastric lesions that leads to a useful surgery classi-
fication [12]. FEGD offers the possibility of biopsy to rule out neoplastic stricture [15] if the ingestion incident has
passed unrecognized. Gastric outlet obstruction generates hydroelectrolytic and metabolic disorders, which may be
severe, these must be corrected before definitive treatment is undertaken. One patient in our series died of these serious
consequences. Feeding jejunostomy is an excellent route for nutrition, excluding the upper digestive tract while awaiting
mucosal healing [12]. Total parenteral nutrition can also be proposed for these patients. Exclusive parenteral nutrition,
however, during the healing phase of the upper digestive tract requires prolonged hospitalization and is costly. We
used exclusive parenteral nutrition in three patients in our series. Parenteral nutrition is also indicated for debilitated
patients to correct hydorelectrolytic disorders prior to jejunostomy or definitive treatment of gastric lesions. There
is no consensus as to the optimal interval before definitive treatment [2,5,16]. The rationale is to wait for inflammation
to disappear, which in our experience requires approximately three months. However, Tsen et al. have proposed
that these patients can undergo operation successfully in less than two months [6]. There does not seem to be any
preventive treatment available to avoid corrosive gastric stricture, although some authors have proposed the use of
corticosteroids [17]. We do not have any experience with endoscopic dilatation of corrosive strictures. This technique
was used to dilate corrosive antropyloric strictures in the