Colonic perforation during barium enema in a patient without known colonic disease: a case report.
The barium enema is a safe and accurate diagnostic study of the colon but, in rare cases, causes complications, such as colonic perforation. A colon weakened by iatrogenic trauma due to the enema tip and/or retention balloon, or by disease is more likely to perforate during an enema than is a normal healthy bowel. Rarely the colon may burst due to excessive transmural pressure alone. We report a case of colonic perforation during barium enema in a 72-year-old female patient, due to excessive barium applied into the rectum.
Yaşar
Necdet Fatih
NF
Department of General Surgery, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Meselik Campus, 26480 Eskisehir Turkey. fatih_yasar@yahoo.com
Ihtiyar
Enver
E