Fulminant ischaemic colitis with atypical clinical features complicating sickle cell disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 920, 2002, Pages 370-372

  Karim, A ^a   Ahmed, S ^b   Rossoff, L J ^a   Siddiqui, R ^c   Fuchs, A ^d   Multz, A S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Joliet Oncology and Hematology Associates   (United States)

^c St Luke Roosevelt Hospital   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; METOPROLOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLON; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE;

EID: 0036278888     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.920.370     Document Type: Article

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