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Closed trauma of right colon
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Published: | April 23, 2012 |
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Introduction: When closed trauma of the abdomen happens, colon is hurt in less tan 5 %.
Materials and methods:
- Comments: Male 17 years old, he was kicked 20 hours ago at the toraco-abdominal region. No other trauma. Hemodynamic stability.
- Computer tomography: Circumferential hematoma of the right colon. Free abdominal liquid. Flushing from the hematoma. Spleen and liver: no lesions.
Results: Colonic mucosa without lesion. Big hematoma that occupied the hole circumference of the right colon. Right colectomy, with ileo colic suture.
Conclusion: Although these lesions are not frequent, we should always suspect them when there is a closed abdominal trauma, if not we could have misdiagnosis and obstructive or skeptical complications could appear.