[The hemorrhagic infarction of the cecum. A complication after the intake of potassium-chloride tablets (author's transl)].

Case report of a 28 year old female patient who had a localized gangrene of the cecum after the intake of Kalinor-Dragées an enteric-coated potassium tablet. It is emphasized that the enteric-coated potassium-tablets have a higher complication rate of stenosis, ulceration and spontaneous perforation of the small bowel, than the slow-release tablets. One should remember potassium-chloride tablet as a possible cause of unexplained stenosis, localized gangrene, ulceration or perforation of the small bowel.