Injection sclerotherapy for haemorrhoids causing adult respiratory distress syndrome.
A young lady with first-degree haemorrhoids was administered injection sclerotherapy with 5% phenol in almond oil. Soon after the injection, she developed syncope and later signs and symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She was kept on ventilatory support for 4 days, made a smooth recovery and was successfully weaned off from the ventilator.
Rashid
Muhammad Misbah
MM
Department of General Surgery, CMH, Okara, Pakistan.
Murtaza
Badar
B
Gondal
Zafar Iqbal
ZI
Mehmood
Arshad
A
Shah
Shahzad Saleem
SS
Abbasi
Muhammad Hanif
MH
Tamimy
Muhammad Sarmad
MS
Kazmi
Syed Tahawwar Mujtaba
ST
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*