A Case of Ischemic Colitis in Childhood |
Hwang Jae Yoo, Su Eun Park, Sang Ook Park, Jae Hong Park, Su Yung Kim |
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea |
허혈성 대장염 1례 |
유황재, 박수은, 박상욱, 박재홍, 김수영 |
부산대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Abstract |
Ischemic colitis is a common gastrointestinal disease not in childhood but in sixties decade. It' s
developed due to ischemic injury of colon and classified to transient reversible form, chronic form
and acute fulminant form. Uniquely Authors had experienced a case of ischemic colitis diagnosed
as barium enema in childhood. This patient was brought to our hospital due to abdominal pain,
abdominal distension and bloody diarrhea. He was received barium enema study which showed
stricture of splenic flexure of descending colon. He had severe clinical course of ischemic colitis,
resulting in sepsis and acute renal failure. He was recovered from previous symptom after
hemodialysis, antibiotic medication and supportive care. We saw recovery of stricture of splenic
flexure by barium enema study. |
Key Words:
Ischemic Colitis, Children |
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