[Caecal perforation in a patient with Sezary syndrome treated by corticosteroids (author's transl)].
The authors report of a case of caecal perforation in a patient with Sezary syndrome who was submitted to systemic corticosteroids a few days before that complication. Caecal perforations during corticosteroid treatment appear to be rare, the known causes being essentially carcinoma, ischaemia and colectasia in inflammatory colitis. In the case reported, there was no associated intestinal lesion. The prognosis is usually severe, mainly on account of the lack of explicit symptoms.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Perforation caecale au cours d'un syndrome de Sezary traité par corticoïdes.