Complications such as rupture or other life-threatening conditions are rare. Treatment may involve surgery, particularly when signs indicating worsening are present (the patient is unable to control their pain or changes in blood pressure).
Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer
Perforated ulcer
Portal hypertensive gastropathy
Hyperplastic polyp
Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer
Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
Fibrosing colonopathy
Arterial insufficiency ulcer