Resumen de Colitis isquémica inducida por cocaína: Caso clínico

Camilo Boza, Bruno Dagnino U, Ana María Garrido L, Osvaldo Llanos L

• We report a 29 years old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and excessive alcohol intake, who was admitted to the hospital with an acute peritonitis. The patient was operated and multiple perforations of the cecum were found. A right hemicolectomy was performed and the pathological study of the surgical piece showed an ischemic colitis. A literature review reveals 22 reported cases of ischemic colitis associated to cocaine abuse (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 667-670).