ISSN:
1432-1262
Keywords:
Key words Amyloidosis
;
Intestinal bleeding
;
Sigmoid perforation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We describe a patient with recurrent intestinal bleeding and sigmoid perforation due to amyloidosis. Hartmann’s procedure was carried out with resection of the diseased sigmoid colon and by performing a terminal colostomy. The postoperative course was uneventful, but the patient died 3 months later of lobar pneumonia and multiple organ system failure.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003840050232