title: Caecal perforation due to colonic ulcer in a burn patient.
abstract: Non-specific ulcers of the colon are occasionally reported as a cause of perforation of the colon. No previous cases have been reported in burn patients as a cause of perforation, although cases of haemorrhage have been cited. A 42-year-old black-skinned female with a 26 per cent TBSA burn developed a caecal perforation from this cause. Treatment with caecostomy patient recovered successfully.
authors.affiliation: Physicians' Multispeciality Group, P.C. Augusta, Georgia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Scheirer
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology