Curling’s ulcer are associated with: September 2005, March 2013 (e)
Correct Answer: Burns
Description: Ans. C: Burns Curling's ulcer is an acute peptic ulcer of the duodenum resulting as a complication from severe burns when reduced plasma volume leads to sloughing of the gastric mucosa. The condition was first described in 1823 and named for a doctor, Thomas Blizard Curling, who observed ten such patients in 1842. A similar condition involving elevated intracranial pressure is known as Cushing ulcer.
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