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Spontaneous perforation of the colon a potential complication of chronic renal failure

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A case of spontaneous colonic perforation in a patient receiving chronic hemodialysis is described. Chronic progressive constipation leading to stercoraceous ulceration may have been the precipitating event.

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  1. Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, 114 State Street, 06604, Bridgeport, Connecticut

    Robert S. Bartolomeo MD, Patrick R. Calabrese MD &  Howard L. Taubin MD

  2. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

    Robert S. Bartolomeo MD, Patrick R. Calabrese MD &  Howard L. Taubin MD

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Bartolomeo, R.S., Calabrese, P.R. & Taubin, H.L. Spontaneous perforation of the colon a potential complication of chronic renal failure. Digest Dis Sci 22, 656–657 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073089

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