Acute fulminant necrotizing amoebic pancolitis: A lethal entity in children

A 4-year-old boy presented in a state of septicemic shock, disoriented with peritonitis, and marked hemodynamic instability. The child was resuscitated; radiographs confirmed pneumoperitoneum. Intraoperatively, there were multiple perforations with necrotic changes in the entire colon up to the rect...

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Main Authors: Rahul Gupta, Shahida Riyaz, Nilima Soni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2018;volume=11;issue=4;spage=338;epage=341;aulast=Gupta