GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY
Online ISSN : 1884-5738
Print ISSN : 0387-1207
ISSN-L : 0387-1207
A CASE RADIATIONAL ILEITIS WITH PERFORATION CAUSED BY INVAGINATION
Takahiro KOGAWATetsuji TAKAYAMATamotu SAGAWATakatomi OKUMinoru TAKAHASHITakeshi TERUIJunji KATOUKatsuhisa KOGAWAJohji KAWANISHIYoshiro NIITSU
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2003 Volume 45 Issue 2 Pages 157-161

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A 68-year-old female suffered from cervical cancer(stage IIb)22-years ago. She wastreated by total uterectom.y and pelvic radiation therapy with total 55Gy. About 22 years later, she was admitted with a chief complaint of abdominal distension. Endoscopy revealededematous mucnsa, telagiectasia and wavy vascularization in the ileum end. Barium enemashowed stricture and serrated margin of anal portion of ileum, and the disease was diagnosedas radiational ileitis. After that, once she had been discharged, However, she was again admitted with com-plaints of abdominal pain and fullness. She Was diagnosed as intestinal perforation and receivedoperation. She was a very rare case of radiatianal ileitis wha underwent a perfalation by invaglnatlon.
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