Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge

Microvascular occlusion serves as the underlying mechanism for the multitude of clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease, one of the most prevalent hemoglobinopathies worldwide. Recurrent painful episodes are the hallmark of this condition. Abdominal pain attributed to an acute painful episode...

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Autores principales: Geary, Kyle, Kibrit, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29623225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2358091
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description Microvascular occlusion serves as the underlying mechanism for the multitude of clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease, one of the most prevalent hemoglobinopathies worldwide. Recurrent painful episodes are the hallmark of this condition. Abdominal pain attributed to an acute painful episode can be indistinguishable from a separate and/or more serious intra-abdominal disease process, representing a significant diagnostic dilemma for clinicians. Here we present a rare case of ischemic colitis due to vascular occlusion in a 28-year-old man with sickle cell disease.
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spelling pubmed-58303132018-04-05 Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge Geary, Kyle Kibrit, Jacob Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Microvascular occlusion serves as the underlying mechanism for the multitude of clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease, one of the most prevalent hemoglobinopathies worldwide. Recurrent painful episodes are the hallmark of this condition. Abdominal pain attributed to an acute painful episode can be indistinguishable from a separate and/or more serious intra-abdominal disease process, representing a significant diagnostic dilemma for clinicians. Here we present a rare case of ischemic colitis due to vascular occlusion in a 28-year-old man with sickle cell disease. Hindawi 2018-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5830313/ /pubmed/29623225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2358091 Text en Copyright © 2018 Kyle Geary and Jacob Kibrit. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title_full Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title_fullStr Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title_full_unstemmed Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title_short Ischemic Colitis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
title_sort ischemic colitis in sickle cell disease: a case report of a diagnostic challenge
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29623225
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