[A case of ischemic colitis presenting as bloody diarrhea after normal saline enema].
Ischemic colitis is a frequent disorder of large bowel in elderly persons or in debilitated patients with a variable underlying medical problems. Ischemic colitis may result from alterations in the systemic circulation or anatomic or functional changes in the local mesenteric vasculature. In most cases, no specific cause for the ischemic colitis is identified. Cases of ischemic colitis after enema for bowel cleansing have been rarely reported, but there has been no case report after normal saline enema. We report a case of ischemic colitis in a 72-year old patient with well-controlled hypertension, presenting as bloody diarrhea which developed after normal saline enema for preoperative bowel cleansing.
Park
Ji Eun
JE
Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Moon
Won
W
Nam
Ji Hyun
JH
Kim
Nang Hee
NH
Kim
Sung Hoon
SH
Park
Moo In
MI
Park
Seun Ja
SJ
Kim
Kyu Jong
KJ
D000368:Aged; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004733:Enema; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D012965:Sodium Chloride