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Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

Spontaneous perforation of the colon is a well documented but rare clinical entity commonly found to occur in the elderly and associated with chronic constipation. Hypothyroidism is known to be associated with intestinal motility disorders ranging from chronic constipation to more serious conditions...

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Autores principales: Zachariah, Sanoop K., Raja, Nirmalan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942294
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr2010.06.212w
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description Spontaneous perforation of the colon is a well documented but rare clinical entity commonly found to occur in the elderly and associated with chronic constipation. Hypothyroidism is known to be associated with intestinal motility disorders ranging from chronic constipation to more serious conditions like mega colon and pseudo obstruction. The case described here is that of a 35 years old hypothyroid male who presented with perforation peritonitis due to spontaneous perforation of the rectosigmoid. A thorough search of literature shows only one report of spontaneous perforation of the colon associated with hypothyroidism, to date. This case gives an opportunity to review the literature and discuss such unusual and dangerous presentations of hypothyroidism associated colonic motility disorders.
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spelling pubmed-51397702016-12-09 Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature Zachariah, Sanoop K. Raja, Nirmalan Gastroenterology Res Case Report Spontaneous perforation of the colon is a well documented but rare clinical entity commonly found to occur in the elderly and associated with chronic constipation. Hypothyroidism is known to be associated with intestinal motility disorders ranging from chronic constipation to more serious conditions like mega colon and pseudo obstruction. The case described here is that of a 35 years old hypothyroid male who presented with perforation peritonitis due to spontaneous perforation of the rectosigmoid. A thorough search of literature shows only one report of spontaneous perforation of the colon associated with hypothyroidism, to date. This case gives an opportunity to review the literature and discuss such unusual and dangerous presentations of hypothyroidism associated colonic motility disorders. Elmer Press 2010-06 2010-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5139770/ /pubmed/27942294 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr2010.06.212w Text en Copyright 2010, Zachariah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139770/
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