Sequelae of gangrene of the ileum in childhood.
An 81-year-old woman, who, at the age of 5 1/2 years, had undergone a series of operations for gangrene of the ileum, presented in 1983 with acquired megacolon and chronic malabsorption caused by the persistence of a jejunosigmoid fistula for 76 years. Follow-up in this case thus spans 76 years.
D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D008531:Megacolon / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology