Document 0244
 DOCN  M94A0244
 TI    Elective colostomy closure in an AIDS patient.
 DT    9412
 AU    Pasquale MD; Kenkel JM; Holt RW; Georgetown University Surgery Section,
       DC General Hospital,; Washington 20003.
 SO    J Natl Med Assoc. 1994 Jun;86(6):469-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94358899
 AB    This article describes a 27-year-old patient with acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who underwent emergency sigmoid
       colostomy, Hartmann's pouch, and presacral drainage for rectal
       perforation. Three months later, he underwent uneventful elective
       colostomy closure, a procedure previously unreported in an AIDS patient.
       He remained without gastrointestinal symptoms for 14 months after
       colostomy closure until he died from central nervous system
       toxoplasmosis. A diagnosis of AIDS alone should not preclude colostomy
       closure in AIDS patients.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Case Report
       *Colostomy  Human  Intestinal Perforation/*SURGERY  Male  Rectal
       Diseases/*SURGERY  Treatment Outcome  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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