PRAGUE MEDICAL REPORT, Vol 118 No 2 (2017), 100–104
Colonic Perforation: A Medical Complication
Christopher Parsons, Elizabeth Chan, Richard P. T. Evans, Moustafa Mabrouk Mourad, Edmund Leung
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2017.10
published online: 19. 09. 2017
abstract
Hypothyroidism is a common comorbidity that on acute presentation is often overlooked. It can be an easily managed condition; however non-compliance can have severe consequences. In the presented case it was requirement for emergency surgery that resulted in stoma formation. This case is a first example of the need to include patient’s decision making process with regards to medication adherence in the setting of chronic disease.
keywords: Hypothyroidism; Sigmoid perforation; Constipation; Thyroid; Hartmann’s procedure
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