Amin Dalili; Alireza Rezapanah; Maryam Sarkardeh; Mohammad Moein Shirzad; Tooraj Zandbaf; Sepehr Shirzadeh
Volume 25, Issue 2 , 2023
Abstract
Background: The etiology of pelvic organ prolapse is multifactorial. Age and parity are especially the two most important risk factors for this condition. Small bowel obstruction is one of the most common clinical presentations to the emergency department that can result in significant morbidity and ...
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Background: The etiology of pelvic organ prolapse is multifactorial. Age and parity are especially the two most important risk factors for this condition. Small bowel obstruction is one of the most common clinical presentations to the emergency department that can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
Case presentation: A 79-year-old woman with a previous history of uterine prolapse and no previous history of intraabdominal surgery or malignancies presented with nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and constipation from 2 days ago. Upright and supine x-rays showed dilated small bowel loops and confirmed bowel obstruction. Due to primary obstruction, the patient was a candidate for surgery. During the surgery, we observed that 100 cm of the terminal ileum and the uterus protruded in the vaginal canal and the ileal loops were strangulated. We decided to perform a right hemicolectomy surgery.
Conclusion: In patients with uterine prolapse, we suggest a careful examination and consideration of the entrapment of small bowel loops in the prolapse site as a rare cause of small bowel obstruction.
Maryam Sarkardeh; Amin Dalili; Poorya Etesamyzade; Ali Shamshirian; Zahra Sadrzadeh; Javad Kooshki; Maryam Khoshdast; Alireza Rezapanah
Volume 24, Issue 6 , 2022
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Background: By the end of May 2021, 170 million cases and 3.54 million death from Covid-19 infection have been reported. The high affinity of virus particles to ACE-2 receptors in different body organs can cause varied clinical manifestations and complications. Ischemic colitis and necrosis are some ...
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Background: By the end of May 2021, 170 million cases and 3.54 million death from Covid-19 infection have been reported. The high affinity of virus particles to ACE-2 receptors in different body organs can cause varied clinical manifestations and complications. Ischemic colitis and necrosis are some rare complications of Covid-19 infection with high morbidity and mortality resulting from colonic hypoperfusion. Different underlying mechanisms for ischemic colitis in Covid-19 patients have been described, including hypercoagulable state, inflammatory responses, microthrombosis, and non-occlusive intestinal ischemia due to shock, hypoxemia, and low cardiac output.
Case Presentation: here, we presented three patients with ischemic colitis and one rectal necrosis as a rare presentation of gastrointestinal complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. All of our patients presented with abdominal pain and tenderness and received a standard regimen of antibiotics, anticoagulation, and ventilation support.
Conclusion: Ischemic colitis is one of these rare but with high mortality manifestations, which presents with non-specific signs and symptoms. Hence, ischemic colitis should be kept in mind in patients with Covid-19 infection and abdominal pain, which necessitates further evaluations.
