Perigastritis Syphilitic

Syphilitic perigastritis, also called "Hall's disease" (English: perigastritis siphilitica), is a rare infectious disease that is characterized by inflammation of the peritoneum (abdominal cavity) and internal organs caused by a bacterial infection. It can be caused by various types of bacteria, including Treponema, the spirochete that causes syphilis.

The renaming of Hull's disease is now no longer used in medicine, as the name could be misleading to the patient. The term “perogastric abscess” is used to refer to the disease. This name comes from the Latin word "gastrums" or "gastricum", which means "stomach". However, the symptoms and causes are similar to both stomach poisoning ("gastrikum"),