Intestinal Obstruction from an Adhesion Band Mimicking Peritonitis Due to a Complicated Induced Unsafe Abortion: A Case Report
| Autor: | Vincent Egwuatu, Okey Okidi, Ibekwe Perpetus Chudi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Perforation (oil well) Uterine perforation Population Adhesion (medicine) Peritonitis Tissue Adhesions Abortion Diagnosis Differential Young Adult Unsafe abortion medicine Appendectomy Humans education Gynecology education.field_of_study Intestinal obstruction induced unsafe abortion post operative adhesion band peritonitis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Abortion Induced medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Bowel obstruction Reproductive Medicine Female Intestinal Obstruction |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Reproductive Health; Vol 11, No 2 (2007); 113-116 |
| ISSN: | 1118-4841 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/25549723 |
| Popis: | Miss E.N. a 19-year old nullipara presented at the Accidents and Emergency unit of the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki on the 17/5/06 with symptoms and signs of peritonitis from possible uterine and bowel perforation secondary to induced unsafe abortion. At surgery, it was discovered that her problem was due to mechanical small bowel obstruction from adhesion band following appendicectomy two years previously. The case highlights the similarities of its presentation to some of the complications of induced unsafe abortion. Occlusion intestinale a partir d\'une bande d\'adhesion de la peritonite mimetique du a un avortement dangereux provoque et complique: Un rapport de cas ademoiselle E.N. une nullipare, âgee de 19 ans s\'est presentee aux services des Accidents et des Urgences du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l\'etat d\'Ebonyi (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, le 17 mai 2006 avec des symptomes et des indices de la peritonite causee probablement par a la perforation uterine et intestinale secondaire a l\'avortement dangereux provoque. Au cours de l\'operation chirurgicale, il a ete decouvert que son probleme a ete cause par une petite occlusion intestinale de la bande d\'adhesion suite a une appendicectomie deux ans avant. Le cas met l\'accent sur les similarites de la presentation aux certaines complications de l\'avortement dangereux provoque. Keywords : Intestinal obstruction, induced unsafe abortion, post operative adhesion band, peritonitis African Journal of Reproductive Health Vol. 11 (2) 2007: pp. 111-116 |
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