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Rare disease
Colonic obstruction caused by intraluminal haematoma
  1. Robert Thomas1,
  2. Balazs Banky2,
  3. Catherine Hobday3,
  4. David W Borowski2
  1. 1Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, UK
  2. 2Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, UK
  3. 3Department of Histopathology, University Hospital North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, UK
  1. Correspondence to David W Borowski; DWBorowski{at}AOL.com

Summary

We report a rare case of caecal obstruction in an anticoagulated elderly patient, who presented with abdominal pain and per-rectal bleeding. CT revealed obstruction in the ascending colon. The patient subsequently underwent a right hemicolectomy for a massively distended caecum containing a large intraluminal haematoma causing obstruction.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-006801

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