Colonic Perforation in an Infant Following Inadvertent Use of Phosphate Enema

Colonic perforation during barium enema in a patient without known colonic disease: a case report

The barium enema is a safe and accurate diagnostic study of the colon but, in rare cases, causes complications, such as colonic perforation. A colon weakened by iatrogenic trauma due to the enema tip and/or retention balloon, or by disease is more likely to perforate during an enema than is a normal healthy bowel. Rarely the colon may burst due to excessive transmural pressure alone. We report ...

Fatal Rectal Perforation Following Double Contrast Barium Enema Çift Kontrastlı Barium Enema Sonrası Ölümcül Rektum Perforasyonu

Double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) is a widely used diagnostic tool for colorectal disorders, providing a relatively cheap and less invasive alternative to invasive procedures such as colonoscopy. Complications due to DCBE can be fatal in a small number of cases. Rectal perforations to the intra-peritoneal or retro-peritoneal space are the most severe and life-threatening complications where i...

Symptomatic Hyperphosphataemia Following Phosphate Enema in A Healthy Adult

for more training and widespread availability of gastrostomy replacement tubes. Replacement gastrostomy tubes are expensive and it is impractical to have every size and make available. In addition, attending staff need to know what size of PEG tube was removed / dislodged in order to replace a similar size and unfortunately this information is not always available. All attending professionals c...

Intestinal perforation: an unusual complication of barium enema

1. Hospital Casa de Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2. Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Mailing address: Dr. Tiago Medina Salata. Rua do Bispo, 72, Rio Comprido. Rio de Janeiro. RJ, Brazil, 20261-064. E-mail: [email protected]. imaging with absence of typical movement disorder symptoms (hemichorea-hemiballism). J Radiol Case Rep. 2013;7:1–9...

Colonic stricture following conservative treatment of a colonoscopic perforation.