Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient

We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients wit...

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Autores principales: Abadin, Shabirhusain S., Salazar, Mario R., Zhu, Richard Y., Connolly, Mark M., Podbielski, Francis J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2009
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Published: March, 2009
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20651961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000197257
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Sumario:We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients with acute bowel ischemia.

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