ISSN: 2574-8009
Authors: Boujguenna I*, Ouaya H, Mansouri N, Fakhri A and Rais H
Background: Sarcina Ventriculi is a Gram-positive organism, which has not been found in gastric samples from patients with gastroparesis. We report the observation of a patient with ulcerative gastritis in Sarcina Ventriculi collected in the pathological anatomy department at the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Marrakech. Case Presentation: This is a 64-year-old woman, with a history of accidental ingestion of Hydrochloric acid, who presented with chronic epigastralgia. An upper endoscopy revealed diffuse gastric erythema. The biopsies revealed a reported inflammation with the formation of an ulcerated ulcer and the presence of Sarcina organisms. Conclusions: Sarcina Ventriculi is an increasingly common Gram-positive coccus recognized in gastric biopsies, especially in patients with delayed gastric abnormalities. It occurs most often in adult females and can be easily identified by its morphological features such as basophilic staining, cuboid shape, tetrad arrangement, red blood cell-sized bundles, flattened cell walls, and nature. refractile under an optical microscope. Although the pathogenesis of the organism is debated, it has been implicated in cases of gastric perforation, emphysematous gastritis and peritonitis, as well as in the development of gastric adenocarcinoma.
Keywords: Sarcina Ventriculi; Pathological Anatomy; Gastritis, Diagnosis; Complications
