Abstract:A 25-year-old woman underwent routine day-case endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of two ascending colonic polyps. Six hours later she re-presented with severe abdominal pain. On examination she was tachycardic with tenderness and peritonism in the right lower quadrant. Urgent abdominal computed tomography (CT) did not reveal any signs of free intra-abdominal gas or fluid but did detect transmural thickening and oedema in the ascending colon and caecum. As there was no radiological evidence of perforation, the… Show more
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