Ileal Perforation Due to Ulcerative Colitis with Backwash Ileitis

Ileal Perforation in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis after Proctocolectomy

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease that typically involves the colorectum; it has been reported that a certain proportion of patients with UC also develop ileitis, leading to ileal perforation in very extreme cases. We report a 66-year-old male with UC who presented with ileal perforation eight days after proctocolectomy. Although this situation is very rare, differ...

Rare Case of Ileal Perforation Key words: Eosinophilic ileitis, Ileal perforation, Laparotomy

Ileitis after colectomy for ulcerative colitis

An ileitis developing years or months after ileostomy was recognised and described many years ago but has rarely been mentioned since. We describe nine patients with a non-specific preanastomotic ileitis that developed years after colectomy in patients operated on for ulcerative colitis or carcinoma. The disease developed after various types of reconstruction: ileorectal, ileoanal, with or with...

Infective endocarditis due to ulcerative colitis.

CASE REPORT. A 15-year old girl was admitted with a seven day history of unproductive cough, mild dyspnoea and more"recent muscle pains, anorexia and vomiting after a tablet of aspirin. On the night of admission, she was found unconscious and fitting by her parents after visiting the toilet. A year previously she had been admitted with a four week history of hip pains, low grade pyrexia and an ...

Ileitis after colectomy for ulcerative colitis or carcinoma.

An ileitis developing years or months after ileostomy was recognised and described many years ago but has rarely been mentioned since. We describe nine patients with a non-specific preanastomotic ileitis that developed years after colectomy in patients operated on for ulcerative colitis or carcinoma. The disease developed after various types of reconstruction: ileorectal, ileoanal, with or with...