Acute ischaemic colitis in a young woman
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Levins, K.; Kelly, O.; Beausang, A.; Gulmann, C.; Harewood, G.; Ronan Cahill
- Source
- Scopus-Elsevier
Europe PubMed Central
University College Dublin
- Subject
- Young Adult
Acute Disease
Humans
Female
Colonoscopy
Intestinal Mucosa
Colitis, Ischemic
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
- Language
Although rare in young patients, acute ischaemic colitis can have devastating consequences. We detail the presentation and clinical course of a severe, progressive case of this disease related temporally to the recent ingestion of a sibutramine-containing herbal slimming agent procured on-line without prescription or medical indication in a young female that ultimately required emergency laparoscopic total colectomy with end ileostomy to prevent end organ failure.