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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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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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author | Zachariah, Sanoop K. Raja, Nirmalan |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zachariah, Sanoop K. Raja, Nirmalan Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title | Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title_full | Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title_short | Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature |
title_sort | spontaneous perforation of the colon and hypothyroidism: report of a case and review of literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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