Open AccessMultiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis: A case report
Author(s) -
Stylianos Delikoukos,
G. Christodoulidis,
Dimitrios Zacharoulis,
Antigoni Poultsidi,
C Hatzitheofilou
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i26.4262
Subject(s) - medicine , enteritis , jejunum , ileum , abdominal pain , complication , histopathological examination , ischemic colitis , bloody , gastroenterology , surgery , crohn's disease , disease , colitis , pathology
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.