Ischaemic Colitis
Ischaemic colitis in the sigmoid colon
Ischaemic colitis in the sigmoid colon
Ischaemic colitis in the sigmoid colon
Ischaemic colitis in the sigmoid colon
Ischaemic colitis in the sigmoid colon
Ischaemic colitis An large bowel injury caused by mucosal hypoxia, most often due to a vascular disorder in an artheriosclerotic patient. The symptoms start suddenly with a severe left lower abdominal pain followed by bloody stools. The diagnose can be made by a colonoscopy. Complications often develop in form of bowel necrosis, perforation and peritonitis. Mild cases resolve spontaneously within a couple of days, severe cases require emergency surgery and bowel resection.
