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Curling's ulcer
Curling's ulcer is an acute erosion resulting as a complication from severe burns when reduced volume leads to and cell (sloughing) of the gastric . The condition was first described in 1823 and named after Thomas Blizard Curling, who observed ten such cases in 1842.
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