20Jan 2017

FILLING DEFECT IN ABDOMINAL X-RAY POST RECTAL CONTRAST HELPS TO DIAGNOSE DESCENDING COLON PERFORATION

  • Department of General Surgery,King Fahad Hospital of the University,Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
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Penetrating trauma to the abdomen is an emergent and life-threatening event which needs immediate surgical attention. Moreover, retroperitoneal penetrating trauma is more challenging when managed based on clinical evaluation alone.We report a case of descending colon perforation due to a pellet gunshot wound. The patient had no clinical manifestations of colonic perforation, e.g. peritonitis. The diagnosis was based solely on the finding of a filling defect on delayed rectal contrast. No similar finding has been described in trauma setting.


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[Ali H. Al-Ameer,ShumailaTanveer, Ali A. Alghanim, Mohammed H. Almomen and MamounNabri. (2017); FILLING DEFECT IN ABDOMINAL X-RAY POST RECTAL CONTRAST HELPS TO DIAGNOSE DESCENDING COLON PERFORATION Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 573-576] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


ALI H. AL-AMEER
Department of General Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University-Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2784      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2784