Spontaneous perforation of the sigmoid colon or rectom is defined as a sudden perforation of the colon in the absence of diseases such as tumors, diverticulosis or external injury. It is a very rare finding, and if neglected, results in severe peritonitis and high mortality. The causes of this rare condition are numerous, and in this case it might be due to the chronic constipation induced by a...

    Idiopathic colon perforation is rare in children. It is more common at the extremes of age. Splenic flextures, ileocecal and lower sigmoid regions are the most common sites of perforation. Delay in proper management of this condition is associated with high mortality and morbidity rate. We report on the case of a 2.5 years old girl who presented with fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and...

iatrogenic perforation of the colon during elective colonoscopy is a serious complication. surgical treatment remains the standard of care. we report a patient with a large colonic perforation that occurred during a screening colonoscopy, successfully repaired with laparoscopic methods. although the safety and efficacy of this approach is not entirely established, laparoscopy can be used to tre...

spontaneous perforation of the sigmoid colon or rectom is defined as a sudden perforation of the colon in the absence of diseases such as tumors, diverticulosis or external injury. it is a very rare finding, and if neglected, results in severe peritonitis and high mortality. the causes of this rare condition are numerous, and in this case it might be due to the chronic constipation induced by a...

While there are less than 100 cases of stercoral perforation of the colon reported in the literature in English to date, we believe that the actual incidence would be higher than reported if accurate diagnostic criteria were employed. Maurer et al.1, in their study, defined the diagnostic criteria for stercoral perforation of the colon as follows: (1) a round or ovoid colonic perforation exceed...

If one excludes those cases of perforation which are secondary to volvulus, intestinal atresia, congenital bands, intussusception, herniation of the bowel, meconium ileus or Hirschsprung's disease, there remains a group of newborn infants who develop perforation of the colon without apparent cause. Spontaneous perforation of the colon in the neonate was first described by Breslau in 1863. It is...

BACKGROUND Perforation of the colon occurring during or shortly following colonoscopy or barium enema is a rare complication of collagenous colitis (CC). "Spontaneous" perforation in CC, in which no instigating factor is identified, is even less common, with only five cases reported to date. We report herein an additional case of spontaneous perforation in previously undiagnosed CC and review t...

Colonic perforation during colonoscopy is a rare but lethal complication. Recently, it is usually managed with laparoscopic approach. Here we present our experience of single incision laparoscopic repair for sigmoid colon perforation during colonoscopy. A 57-year-old male patient presented with an acute sigmoid colon perforation event during diagnostic colonoscopy. Emergency operation was perfo...

BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is a severe infective disease endemic in the areas where sanitation is poor. Its serious complication is bowel perforation with terminal ileum as the commonest perforation site. We report a case of an extremely unusual site of perforation in sigmoid colon due to typhoid fever. METHODS An 18-month-old boy presented with no passage of flatus and feces along with guardin...