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Spontaneous cecal perforation secondary to acute fulminant gastroenteritis report of a rare case

Spontaneous cecal perforation secondary to acute fulminant gastroenteritis report of a rare case 12 Case report Spontaneous cecal perforation secondary to acute fulminant gastroenteritis: report of a rare case a b a a Duvuru Ram , Vilvapathy S. Karthikeyan , Sarath C. Sistla , Sheik M. Ali , a a Parnandi Sridhar and Nagarajan Rajkumar Acute gastroenteritis and food poisoning are the two is being reported to highlight the unusual presentation common diagnoses considered when two or more family of fulminant gastroenteritis, leading to spontaneous members present with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cecal perforation. Ann Pediatr Surg 10:12–13  c 2014 pain. Acute fulminant gastroenteritis is usually seen in Annals of Pediatric Surgery. immunocompromised patients and is associated with Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2014, 10:12–13 significant morbidity and mortality. We report a 15-year-old Keywords: acute gastroenteritis, fulminant gastroenteritis, spontaneous boy who presented with acute onset abdominal pain, cecal perforation vomiting, and diarrhea, along with three other family a b Departments of Surgery and Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate members. He developed abdominal distension and signs Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India of hollow viscus perforation after 3 days; by that time he Correspondence to Vilvapathy S. Karthikeyan, MBBS, MS, Department of had developed respiratory distress requiring ventilatory Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Pediatric Surgery Wolters Kluwer Health

Spontaneous cecal perforation secondary to acute fulminant gastroenteritis report of a rare case

Rajkumar, Nagarajan
Annals of Pediatric Surgery , Volume 10 (1) – Jan 1, 2014
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12 Case report Spontaneous cecal perforation secondary to acute fulminant gastroenteritis: report of a rare case a b a a Duvuru Ram , Vilvapathy S. Karthikeyan , Sarath C. Sistla , Sheik M. Ali , a a Parnandi Sridhar and Nagarajan Rajkumar Acute gastroenteritis and food poisoning are the two is being reported to highlight the unusual presentation common diagnoses considered when two or more family of fulminant gastroenteritis, leading to spontaneous members present with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cecal perforation. Ann Pediatr Surg 10:12–13  c 2014 pain. Acute fulminant gastroenteritis is usually seen in Annals of Pediatric Surgery. immunocompromised patients and is associated with Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2014, 10:12–13 significant morbidity and mortality. We report a 15-year-old Keywords: acute gastroenteritis, fulminant gastroenteritis, spontaneous boy who presented with acute onset abdominal pain, cecal perforation vomiting, and diarrhea, along with three other family a b Departments of Surgery and Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate members. He developed abdominal distension and signs Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India of hollow viscus perforation after 3 days; by that time he Correspondence to Vilvapathy S. Karthikeyan, MBBS, MS, Department of had developed respiratory distress requiring ventilatory Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of

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Annals of Pediatric Surgery – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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