Abdominal compartment syndrome is a serious and life-threatening
condition that requires early recognition and urgent decompressive
laparotomy. This case report describes an abdominal
compartment syndrome due to a distended rectal stump.
The patient had a previous sigmoid resection with colostomy
performed for sigmoid volvulus. As far as we know, this is the
first report of abdominal compartment syndrome due to rectal
stump. In such cases, high index of suspicion and early intervention
affect the clinical course.
Abdominal kompartman sendromu, erken tan› ve acil dekompresif
laparatomi gerektiren ciddi ve hayat› tehdit edici bir durumdur.
Bu olgu sunusunda, rektal güdük distansiyonuna
ba¤l› abdominal kompartman sendromu sunulmaktad›r. Hastaya,
sigmoid volvulus nedeniyle sigmoid rezeksiyon ve kolostomi
aç›lmas› ameliyat› yap›lm›flt›. Bildi¤imiz kadar›yla olgumuz,
rektal güdük distansiyonuna ba¤l› geliflen ilk abdominal
kompartman sendromudur. Böyle olgularda klinik flüphe ve erken
giriflim, klinik seyri olumlu etkiler.
