"Fractured Colon": An Endoscopically Distinctive Lesion Associated with Colonic Perforation Following Colonoscopy in Patients with Collagenous Colitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 341-345

  Sherman, Alex ^a   Ackert, John J ^a   Rajapaksa, Roshini ^a   West, A Brian ^a,b   Oweity, Thaira ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Iatrogenic perforation; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON INJURY; COLON MUCOSA; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE;

EID: 1642414794     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200404000-00008     Document Type: Article

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