Successful treatment of a colonic ulcer penetrating the urinary bladder caused by the administration of calcium polystyrene sulfonate and sorbitol

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-363

  Shioya, Takeshi ^a,b   Yoshino, Masanori ^a,b   Ogata, Masao ^a,b   Shibuya, Tetsuo ^a,b   Tokunaga, Akira ^a,b   Matsumoto, Koshi ^b   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium polystyrene sulfonate; Colonic ulcer; Kayexalate crystal

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE CALCIUM; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; SORBITOL; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLON STENOSIS; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DUODENAL ULCER BLEEDING; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SIGMOIDOVESICAL FISTULA;

AGED; COLONIC DISEASES; CYSTECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INTESTINAL FISTULA; POLYSTYRENES; SIGMOID DISEASES; SORBITOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 34948890579     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.74.359     Document Type: Article

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