PRAGUE MEDICAL REPORT
PRAGUE MEDICAL REPORT
Prague Medical Report is an English quarterly published multidisciplinary biomedical journal. Prague Medical Report was founded as Sborník lékařský in May 1885. The journal presents public primary scientific publications, short communications, casuistry, and reviews. It contains articles based on important specialised lectures and symposia.

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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