Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug associated diaphragm disease

We present a case of anaemia and intestinal obstruction in a 78-year-old woman taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs who was found to have diaphragm disease at laparotomy.

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Published inPostgraduate medical journal Vol. 73; no. 862; pp. 505 - 506
Main Authors McGonigal, A., Moffat, D. F., Lindop, G. B., Gilchrist, W. J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.08.1997
BMJ
Oxford University Press
BMJ Group
Subjects
Aged
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - chemically induced
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - adverse effects
Biological and medical sciences
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Female
Humans
Ileal Diseases - chemically induced
Ileal Diseases - pathology
Intestinal Obstruction - chemically induced
Intestinal Obstruction - pathology
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Toxicity: digestive system
Human
Occlusion
Disease
Anemia
Toxicity
Gut
Hemopathy
Non steroidal antiinflammatory agent
Case study
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Duodenal web
Elderly
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Summary:We present a case of anaemia and intestinal obstruction in a 78-year-old woman taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs who was found to have diaphragm disease at laparotomy.
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ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pgmj.73.862.505