Calcifying Bowel Inflammation: A Case Report
| Autor: | Jacques Klein, Philippe Morel, Christian Toso |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Vol 2010 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-6121 1687-630X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2010/526486 |
| Popis: | We report about a previously healthy 72 year-old woman, presented with 6 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain and constipation. There was no report of fever, melena, hematochezia or change in appetite. The physical exam demonstrated a distended abdomen with palpable left lower quadrant pain, without guarding. CT showed images compatible with a sigmoid diverticulitis and a calcification of the sigmoid colon. After antibiotic threatment, a colonoscopy was performed which revealed the presence of a shell in the sigmoid colon. Our case illustrates the need for a colonoscopy following an attack of diverticulitis to look for a cancer or rarely a foreign body. |
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