scholarly journals A folded‐blister pill pack causes ileal perforation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 2254-2255
Author(s):  
Yukihiro Otaka ◽  
Naoko Yukawa ◽  
Yuichi Yoshida ◽  
Jun'ichi Tamura ◽  
Takaaki Tsutsui
2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ohene-Yeboah

In a five-year prospective study,1188 consecutive adult patients were admitted and treated for acute generalized peritonitis at the Surgical Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Appendicitis and typhoid ileal perforation were the commonest causes, occurring in 43.1% and 35.1% of patients, respectively. Other conditions (gastroduodenal perforations, ruptured abscesses, traumatic bowel perforations and amoebic colonic perforations) accounted for fewer than 25% of cases. This paper notes that acute appendicitis and typhoid perforation remain the leading causes of peritonitis in Ghana. Compared with previous series, the importance of appendicitis in acute peritonitis has diminished. The complications of communicable diseases now cause peritonitis more commonly than 35 years ago. This may reflect deteriorating conditions of sanitation and housing during the intervening period.


2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 339-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubens Rodriguez ◽  
Roberta Martins Dequi ◽  
Lucas Peruzzo ◽  
Paulo Moacir Mesquita ◽  
Errol Garcia ◽  
...  

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a sporadic infectious disease caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. It usually presents as acute abdomen, secondary to mesenteric ischemia, and pronounced eosinophilia. In some cases its course is insidious and transient, and the diagnosis is suspicious. The disease is confirmed by the detection of A. costaricensis elements in surgical specimen. The treatment is supportive, with avoidance of antihelminthic administration due to a possible erratic migration followed by worsening of the disease. We report two cases, both with intense eosinophilia and serum IgG-ELISA positive to A. costaricensis. The first case presented ileal perforation and was surgically treated. The second one showed hepatic nodules at ultrasound and was only symptomatically treated, evolving to an apparent protracted resolution. These two cases exemplify different clinical forms of the disease, one of them with liver involvement.


Author(s):  
Pankaj Suresh Ghormade ◽  
Ajay Narmadaprasad Keoliya

Worldwide tubal sterilization is commonly used procedure for family planning method. Tubal ligation by minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia is most commonly used method of female sterilization in India. The death rate after tubal sterilizations is 72/100000 for all procedures and mainly due to general anaesthesia or vascular injuries. Iatrogenic injury to bowel can occur in minilaparotomy tubal ligations if there are dense adhesions of intestines or history of previous surgery. In the present case of interval post tubal ligation by minilaparotomy, fatal ileal perforation due to typhoid fever was detected on autopsy which was confirmed after complete histological and lab investigations. Atypical complications of typhoid fever were also noted. In developing countries, typhoid fever is the leading cause of non-traumatic free perforation of intestine and its incidence ranges from 0.9% to 39%, with a high mortality rate. This is rare case of an alleged medical negligence after surgery; in which deciding factor was cause of intestinal perforation i.e. iatrogenic or natural and it posed a difficult challenge.


2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeon Soo Chang ◽  
Jeong Yoon Song ◽  
Sung Il Choi
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2018 ◽  
pp. bcr-2017-222746
Author(s):  
Francesc Simo Alari ◽  
Israel Gutierrez

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (21) ◽  
pp. 2672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Akbulut ◽  
Bahri Cakabay ◽  
Cihan Akgul Ozmen ◽  
Arsenal Sezgin ◽  
Mahsuni Mert Sevinc

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Mahbuba Begum ◽  
Mohammad A. Majid ◽  
Din Mohammad ◽  
Wahida Begum ◽  
Md. Abdullah Yusuf ◽  
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