Delikoukos S, Christodoulidis G, Zacharoulis D, Poultsidi A, Hatzitheofilou C. Multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis: a case report.
World J Gastroenterol 2006;
12:4262-4263. [PMID:
16830390 PMCID:
PMC4087389 DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v12.i26.4262]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
A rare case of multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis (ISE) is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhoeas. Preoperative colonoscopic findings were similar to those presented in Crohn's disease. Intraoperatively, ischemic lesions and multiple ruptures were localized at the jejunum and the proximal ileum. Histopathological examination of the resected bowel segment established the diagnosis of ISE. Although ISE is not common, concurred multiple ruptures of the small bowel is a rare but actual complication.
Collapse