Mehmood Faisal, Khalid Amina, Mahmood Sultan
Hospital Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA.
Internal Medicine, North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Jun 6;13(6):e15478. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15478. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Colonic ischemia is the most common form of gastrointestinal ischemia, which frequently affects the elderly population. The diagnosis and treatment can be challenging since it is prevalent in patients who are debilitated and have multiple comorbidities. However, most cases remain undetected until further complications emerge. Some of these patients will develop prolonged complications like chronic ischemic colitis or stricture requiring surgical intervention. Here we present a case of a colonic stricture secondary to recurrent ischemic colitis in an elderly female patient with multiple medical problems.
结肠缺血是胃肠道缺血最常见的形式,常影响老年人群。其诊断和治疗具有挑战性,因为它在身体虚弱且有多种合并症的患者中很常见。然而,大多数病例在出现进一步并发症之前仍未被发现。其中一些患者会出现诸如慢性缺血性结肠炎或需要手术干预的狭窄等长期并发症。在此,我们报告一例老年女性患者,因复发性缺血性结肠炎继发结肠狭窄,该患者有多种内科问题。