title: Multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis: a case report.
abstract: A rare case of multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis (ISE) is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhoeas. Preoperative colonoscopic findings were similar to those presented in Crohn's disease. Intraoperatively, ischemic lesions and multiple ruptures were localized at the jejunum and the proximal ileum. Histopathological examination of the resected bowel segment established the diagnosis of ISE. Although ISE is not common, concurred multiple ruptures of the small bowel is a rare but actual complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece. morfula@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delikoukos
authors.forename: Gregorios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christodoulidis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zacharoulis
authors.forename: Antigoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poultsidi
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatzitheofilou
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology