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- Title
Colitis Isquémica en Dolicomegacolon Andino.
- Authors
Vargas Velasco, Ana Cristina; Quiroga Vía, Heber; Ayllón Cadena, Osman; Arébalo Castellón, Alexander; Lara Pérez, Carlos
- Abstract
Ischaemic colitis represents the most frequent form of intestinal ischaemia (60-70%) as a consequence of transient deprivation of vascular flow due to functional, local or systemic anatomical alterations. We present a case report of a 70-year-old patient from La Paz, Bolivia, a city at an altitude of 3 650 m.a.m.s.l., who was diagnosed with ischaemic colitis as a result of torsion of the mesenteric axis at the level of the sigmoid colon associated with Andean dolichomegacolon, followed by left colectomy and termino-terminal anastomosis, with satisfactory evolution.
- Publication
Gaceta Médica Boliviana, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 2, p274
- ISSN
1012-2966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47993/gmb.v44i2.312