title: Acute ischaemic colitis in a young woman.
abstract: Although rare in young patients, acute ischaemic colitis can have devastating consequences. We detail the presentation and clinical course of a severe, progressive case of this disease related temporally to the recent ingestion of a sibutramine-containing herbal slimming agent procured on-line without prescription or medical indication in a young female that ultimately required emergency laparoscopic total colectomy with end ileostomy to prevent end organ failure.
authors.affiliation: Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Levins
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beausang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gulmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harewood
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cahill
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult