Omar Mhammedi Alaoui, Badie Douqchi, Islam Bella, Imane Ghazi, Ilias Benaini, Ilias El Kadiri Boutchich, Ilyass Laaribi, Ghizlane El Aidouni, Houssam Bkiyar, Mohammed Bouziane, Brahim Housni
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease can present with numerous infectious complications, including intra-abdominal abscess, perforations of the intestine, fistula formation, and the occurrence of septicemia. Toxic megacolon (TM) is a potentially fatal complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In this case report, we report a 49-year-old male patient who was admitted to the intensive care unit for the management of severe sepsis that was secondary to an inaugural toxic megacolon complicating a silent inflammatory bowel disease, with a Lichtiger score of 11...
January 2024: Curēus