Colonic (splenic flexure) necrosis due to thrombosis of the middle colic artery following blunt abdominal trauma

oleh: Raul Coimbra, José Ribeiro Aguiar, Samir Rasslan, Silvio Pires Ressurreição

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Associação Paulista de Medicina

Deskripsi

We report an unusual case of a 28-year-old man who developed a colonic necrosis due to thrombosis of the middle colic artery 18 hours following blunt abdominal trauma. Although rare, this condition can occur in those patients whom non surgical treatment was initially performed.