Case Report: Recognizing Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Case of Bowel Ischemia Presenting as Renal Colic
The clinical diagnosis of bowel ischemia is often difficult and the diagnosis can easily be missed unless there is a high index of clinical and radiological suspicion. Bowel ischemia and or infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis in the older patient with pre-existing coronary ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Radiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/575342 |
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| Summary: | The clinical diagnosis of bowel ischemia is often difficult
and the diagnosis can easily be missed unless there is a high index
of clinical and radiological suspicion. Bowel ischemia and
or infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis
in the older patient with pre-existing coronary artery or
generalized vascular disease, cardiac failure, or arrhythmias
especially atrial fibrillation and hypertension. An elderly
patient with caecal infarction is presented who was initially
diagnosed and treated for renal colic. |
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| ISSN: | 2090-6862 2090-6870 |