A Rare Case of Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Ahmed K Ahmed; Ahamed M Elkhair; Omeralfaroug Adam; Mohamedanwar Ghandour

doi:10.7759/cureus.13983

A Rare Case of Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Cureus. 2021 Mar 18;13(3):e13983. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13983.

Authors

Ahmed K Ahmed¹, Ahamed M Elkhair², Omeralfaroug Adam³, Mohamedanwar Ghandour⁴

Affiliations

¹ Radiology, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, GBR.
² Internal Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, SDN.
³ Internal Medicine, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.
⁴ Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, USA.

Abstract

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) secondary to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a rare complication only reported on a few occasions. We presented a 38-year-old female with an acute abdomen secondary to PID diagnosed via CT and MRI abdomen. The patient was treated in a conservative manner and recovered with no further complications. In our case, the learning point is the consideration of such an etiology in women with no previous surgical history presenting with an acute abdomen.

Keywords: bowel obstruction; pelvic inflammatory disease.

Publication types

Case Reports