Sickle cell trait and acute intermittent porphyria leading to small bowel infarction.

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ·Vol. 44 ·No. 2 ·1999-04-00 ·Pages 130-1

Budhoo MR, Mitchell S, Eddlestone J, MacLennan I

Abstract

Sickle cell trait patients rarely have crises. A case of co-morbidity with acute intermittent porphyria is described in which trans-mural infarction of the distal ileum secondary to red cell sickling resulted in a fatal outcome.

MeSH Terms

Adult Anemia, Sickle Cell/complications Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Humans Infarction/diagnosis,surgery Intestine, Small/blood supply Male Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/complications

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Budhoo M R

Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, U.K.

Mitchell S

Eddlestone J

MacLennan I

Article Info

Journal

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Abbr.

J R Coll Surg Edinb

ISSN

0035-8835

Published

1999-04-00

Pages

130-1

Language

English

Region

Scotland

NLM ID

7503110

Subset

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