Cecal perforation with an ascending colon cancer caused by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
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Cecal perforation with an ascending colon cancer caused by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Colonic perforation caused by upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare. A 69-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal fullness. Colonoscopy could be performed only up to the hepatic flexure due to an elongated colon and residual stools. Because her symptoms improved, upper GI endoscopy was performed 11 days later. The patient developed severe abdominal pai...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1178-203X
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s5380