Key result
Surgical management fails to prevent fatal sepsis from cholesterol crystal embolization-induced bowel perforations.
Why the study?
Cholesterol crystal embolization causes peripheral arterial occlusion and multiorgan damage, but repeated small bowel perforation due to this condition is rare and highly fatal.
Case Report (n=1)
Gastrointestinal perforation due to cholesterol crystal embolization has an extremely high mortality rate, requiring careful surgical planning and systemic management.
High mortality after surgery for cholesterol embolization perforations warrants extreme caution; leaves open optimal systemic management strategies.
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Ujiie et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Small bowel perforation due to cholesterol crystal embolization (n=1). Partial enterectomy was evaluated on Clinical outcome. Surgical management of repeated small bowel perforations due to cholesterol crystal embolization in an 86-year-old man was ultimately unsuccessful, with the patient dying of sepsis 64 days postoperatively.
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