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perforation
(redirected from Intestinal perforation)

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Our patient presents an unusual case of an otherwise healthy 25-year-old male with no underlying psychiatric disorder who presented with intestinal perforation due to chronic neglect of his severe constipation.
In addition to causing appendicitis, (4-7) these parasites have also been implicated in other gastrointestinal problems including intestinal obstruction, (10) intestinal perforation, (16) enterocolitis mimicking Crohn disease, (8) and eosinophilic ileocolitis.
Barium series done through the PEG tube did not show any evidence of intestinal perforation or reflux into the esophagus.
 
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