Rectosigmoid ischemia following blunt abdominal trauma in a patient treated with radiation therapy: case report.
Ionizing radiation, frequently used to treat cancer, is known to injure skin and blood vessels and to deleteriously affect wound healing. We present the case of a patient whose previous radiation treatment predisposed him to colonic ischemia following blunt abdominal trauma.
Norotsky
M C
MC
Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.
Shackford
S R
SR
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D012007:Rectum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*