Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

Simple, isolated nonspecific colonic ulcer (NSCU) is a rare pathological entity which has not been adequately explored in the past literature. It is predominant between the ages of 40 and 60 years, and the most common complication is perforation which can be life threatening. Here we present a case...

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Autores principales: Bhettani, Mehreen K, Rehman, Mubarik, Altaf, Humera N, Ahmed, Syed M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572640
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5255
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author Bhettani, Mehreen K
Rehman, Mubarik
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description Simple, isolated nonspecific colonic ulcer (NSCU) is a rare pathological entity which has not been adequately explored in the past literature. It is predominant between the ages of 40 and 60 years, and the most common complication is perforation which can be life threatening. Here we present a case of a young female who presented with a perforated NSCU and was successfully managed surgically.
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spelling pubmed-67608832019-09-30 Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan Bhettani, Mehreen K Rehman, Mubarik Altaf, Humera N Ahmed, Syed M Cureus Emergency Medicine Simple, isolated nonspecific colonic ulcer (NSCU) is a rare pathological entity which has not been adequately explored in the past literature. It is predominant between the ages of 40 and 60 years, and the most common complication is perforation which can be life threatening. Here we present a case of a young female who presented with a perforated NSCU and was successfully managed surgically. Cureus 2019-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6760883/ /pubmed/31572640 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5255 Text en Copyright © 2019, Bhettani et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title_full Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title_fullStr Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title_short Isolated Nonspecific Colonic Ulcer: A Case Report From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
title_sort isolated nonspecific colonic ulcer: a case report from a tertiary care hospital in pakistan
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760883/
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