Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient

We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients wit...

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Main Authors: Shabirhusain S. Abadin, Mario R. Salazar, Richard Y. Zhu, Mark M. Connolly, Francis J. Podbielski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2009-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/197257
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author Shabirhusain S. Abadin
Mario R. Salazar
Richard Y. Zhu
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Francis J. Podbielski
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description We report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients with acute bowel ischemia.
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spelling doaj.art-468e0ec1e891426f9cc312069649e7552022-12-22T01:11:40ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Gastroenterology1662-06312009-03-0131262910.1159/000197257197257Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell PatientShabirhusain S. AbadinMario R. SalazarRichard Y. ZhuMark M. ConnollyFrancis J. PodbielskiWe report a case of small bowel ischemia secondary to sickle cell disease. Acute bowel ischemia is an uncommon presentation of patients with sickle cell disease. Historically, only a handful of cases have been reported. We also provide a summary of the literature relevant to sickle cell patients with acute bowel ischemia.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/197257Necrotizing acute serositisSickle cellSmall bowel ischemia
spellingShingle Shabirhusain S. Abadin
Mario R. Salazar
Richard Y. Zhu
Mark M. Connolly
Francis J. Podbielski
Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Necrotizing acute serositis
Sickle cell
Small bowel ischemia
title Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
title_full Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
title_fullStr Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
title_full_unstemmed Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
title_short Small Bowel Ischemia in a Sickle Cell Patient
title_sort small bowel ischemia in a sickle cell patient
topic Necrotizing acute serositis
Sickle cell
Small bowel ischemia
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/197257
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