Acute ischaemic colitis in a young woman
Levins, K.; Kelly, O.; Beausang, A.; Gulmann, C.; Harewood, G.; Cahill, R.
Irish Medical Journal 105(9): 307-308
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 23240285 Document Number: 663275
Although rare in young patients, acute ischaemic colitis can have devastating consequences. We detail the presentation and clinical course of a severe, progressive case of this disease related temporally to the recent ingestion of a sibutramine-containing herbal slimming agent procured on-line without prescription or medical indication in a young female that ultimately required emergency laparoscopic total colectomy with end ileostomy to prevent end organ failure.