Acute necrotizing colitis due to sigmoid colon cancer
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Acute necrotizing colitis due to sigmoid colon cancer
When obstructive colitis becomes fulminant, it is known as 'acute necrotizing colitis'. We report a rare case of acute necrotizing colitis due to sigmoid colon cancer, in which shock status occurred within ten hours of onset. A 79-year-old female with acute abdominal pain was transported to our hospital with acute shock. Abdominal enhanced computed tomography revealed thickening of the wall of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-19