Caecal perforation in a burn patient.
A 30-year-old female with a 38 per cent TBSA flame burn developed caecal perforation due to non-specific colonic ulceration. Only one such case has so far been reported in the literature by Still et al. (Burns 1994; 20: 85). The caecal perforation in our patient was treated using a right hemicolectomy. She deteriorated postoperatively and died day 21 postburn due to septicaemia, the perforation of the caecum contributed to the mortality.
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Al-Babtain Center for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Kuwait.
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D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology