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Colonic casts: unexpected complications of colonic ischaemia #MMPMID27241609
Mantas D; Damaskos C; Bamias G; Dimitroulis D
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2016[Sep]; 98 (7): e109-10 PMID27241609show ga
Introduction: Extensive colonic ischaemia can result in passage of a colonic ?cast? (CC) through the rectum. Case Study: We report a 69-year-old male who initially underwent surgery to remove a sessile polyp. On postoperative day (POD)15, he was febrile, suffering from diarrhoea, and was treated conservatively. On POD18, the patient returned to our hospital with a CC that presented after defaecation. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a CC extending from the descending colon to the anal orifice with presentation of air between the affected colonic wall and the CC. The patient was treated conservatively and discharged on POD20 without complications having passed the CC (?80cm) completely and becoming afebrile. Conclusions: In most cases, the cause of CC passage is surgery for colorectal cancer or repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. A mild-to-severe presentation is dependent upon the bowel-wall layers affected by ischaemia and which therefore are included in the CC.