Bowel obstruction as a result of ischemic colitis: Review of literature with contribution of one case report

The ischemic colitis is comparatively rare disease. In most of the cases it has indistinctive clinical picture and its diagnosis requires persistence in performing of the diagnostic procedures. In very rare cases it can manifest with some of its complications, mucous membrane hemorrhage or subileus symptoms. We present a case of a male patient at the age of 64, who was operated on the occasion of intestinal obstruction, which developed as a result of ischemic colitis in the sigmoid colon region, complicated with stenosis. The consequent two-step surgery led to patient’s health recovery in the three-year period of follow-up.