Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient

Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient

We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in gastroenterology 2009-03, Vol.3 (1), p.26-29
Hauptverfasser: Abadin, Shabirhusain S., Salazar, Mario R., Zhu, Richard Y., Connolly, Mark M., Podbielski, Francis J.
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Sprache:eng
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Necrotizing acute serositis
Published: March, 2009
Sickle cell
Small bowel ischemia
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients with acute bowel ischemia.
ISSN:1662-0631
1662-0631
DOI:10.1159/000197257