Elective colostomy closure in an AIDS patient.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-1994
Abstract
This article describes a 27-year-old patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who underwent emergency sigmoid colostomy, Hartmann's pouch, and presacral drainage for rectal perforation. Three months later, he underwent uneventful elective colostomy closure, a procedure previously unreported in an AIDS patient. He remained without gastrointestinal symptoms for 14 months after colostomy closure until he died from central nervous system toxoplasmosis. A diagnosis of AIDS alone should not preclude colostomy closure in AIDS patients.
Volume
86
Issue
6
First Page
469
Last Page
471
ISSN
1943-4693
Published In/Presented At
Pasquale, M. D., Kenkel, J. M., & Holt, R. W. (1994). Elective colostomy closure in an AIDS patient. Journal Of The National Medical Association, 86(6), 469-471.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Medical Specialties | Surgery
PubMedID
8078085
Department(s)
Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty
Document Type
Article