title: Colonic (splenic flexure) necrosis due to thrombosis of the middle colic artery following blunt abdominal trauma.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a 28-year-old man who developed a colonic necrosis due to thrombosis of the middle colic artery 18 hours following blunt abdominal trauma. Although rare, this condition can occur in those patients whom non surgical treatment was initially performed.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Service Department Surgery, Santa Casa School Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coimbra
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasslan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ressurreição
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*