Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause?
This case highlights one of the infrequent complications of a commonly abused substance. A particular high index of suspicion of ischemic bowel is associated with cocaine abuse and should be included in the differential diagnosis of any young adult or middle-aged patient with abdominal pain and/or b...
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| description | This case highlights one of the infrequent complications of a commonly abused substance. A particular high index of suspicion of ischemic bowel is associated with cocaine abuse and should be included in the differential diagnosis of any young adult or middle-aged patient with abdominal pain and/or bloody diarrhea, particularly in the absence of other predisposing factors. To our knowledge, we report a rare case of ischemic small bowel associated with gangrene and pneumatosis intestinalis due to cocaine abuse. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-799c0398d4a94cee99f8d16ed7f9d9662025-08-20T02:07:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362013-01-01201310.1155/2013/462985462985Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause?Amara Jyothi Nidimusili0Jenna Mennella1Khaldoon Shaheen2Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USADepartment of Hospital Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USAThis case highlights one of the infrequent complications of a commonly abused substance. A particular high index of suspicion of ischemic bowel is associated with cocaine abuse and should be included in the differential diagnosis of any young adult or middle-aged patient with abdominal pain and/or bloody diarrhea, particularly in the absence of other predisposing factors. To our knowledge, we report a rare case of ischemic small bowel associated with gangrene and pneumatosis intestinalis due to cocaine abuse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/462985 |
| spellingShingle | Amara Jyothi Nidimusili Jenna Mennella Khaldoon Shaheen Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? |
| title_full | Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? |
| title_fullStr | Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? |
| title_short | Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause? |
| title_sort | small intestinal ischemia with pneumatosis in a young adult what could be the cause |
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