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POSTPARTUM AVULSION OF THE TERMINAL ILEAL WALL IN CROHN'S DISEASE
Author(s) -
Solomon Michael J.,
Deva Anand K.,
Corcoran Susan J. M.,
Gallagher Neil
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00769.x
Subject(s) - medicine , avulsion , perforation , abscess , crohn's disease , terminal ileum , ileum , surgery , uterus , avulsion injury , disease , materials science , punching , metallurgy
A case of acute perforation of the terminal ileum induced by avulsion of the bowel wall in a segment of acutely inflamed Crohn's disease is presented. This case is unusual in that the avulsion developed after delivery following the rapid retraction of the uterus which had been compressing a small localized perforation and abscess. A review of the literature has failed to demonstrate a similar case report.