Acute Spontaneous Perforation of Rectosigmoid Junction in a Patient with Quadriplegia following Spinal Cord Injury.
Oshan BasnayakeChiran RathnaweeraUmesh JayarajahGishanthan ShanthamoorthyHeshan Dayantha SiriwardenaAsela JayathilakaPublished in: Case reports in surgery (2020)
Clinical signs and symptoms are generally absent in patients following spinal cord injury, and the diagnosis of serious gastrointestinal pathology can be difficult and challenging. We believe that ischemia at the rectosigmoid junction precipitated by multiple factors was the possible reason for the spontaneous perforation.