Anorexia nervosa and necrotizing colitis.
Anorexia nervosa is associated with a mortality approaching 5% in patients severely enough affected to warrant hospital care (Hsu, 1980). The main causes of death are inanition, electrolyte disturbances or suicide. We report here a case of necrotizing colitis associated with anorexia nervosa, an association which has not been described previously.
D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography