Erratum to “Small Intestinal Ischemia with Pneumatosis in a Young Adult: What Could Be the Cause?”

نویسندگان

  • Amara Jyothi Nidimusili
  • Jenna Mennella
  • Khaldoon Shaheen
چکیده

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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دوره 2013  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2013