RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Spontaneous ileostomy closure
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 694
OP 697
DO 10.15537/smj.2016.6.14560
VO 37
IS 6
A1 Alyami, Mohammad S.
A1 Lundberg, Peter W.
A1 Cotte, Eddy G.
A1 Glehen, Olivier J.
YR 2016
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/37/6/694.abstract
AB Iatrogenic ileostomies are routinely placed during colorectal surgery for the diversion of intestinal contents to permit healing of the distal anastomosis prior to elective reversal. We present an interesting case of spontaneous closure of a diverting ileostomy without any adverse effects to the patient. A 65-year-old woman, positive for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer type-I, with locally invasive cancer of the distal colon underwent en-bloc total colectomy, hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingoophorectomy with creation of a proximal loop ileostomy. The ostomy temporarily closed without reoperation at 10 weeks, after spontaneously reopening, it definitively closed, again without surgical intervention at 18 weeks following the original surgery. This rare phenomenon has occurred following variable colorectal pathology and is poorly understood, particularly in patients with aggressive disease and adjunct perioperative interventions.