RESUMO

We report a case of ischemic colitis with pseudomembrane formation in a 6 1/2-year-old boy with sickle cell disease that responded to medical management including exchange transfusion. This case was not associated with Clostridium difficile infection but with an elevation of serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha. This rare complication of sickle cell disease has been reported only in adults.

Assuntos

Anemia Falciforme/terapia , Enterocolite Pseudomembranosa/terapia , Transfusão Total , Dor Abdominal/diagnóstico , Dor Abdominal/etiologia , Doença Aguda , Anemia Falciforme/complicações , Criança , Clostridioides difficile , Infecções por Clostridium/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Enterocolite Pseudomembranosa/diagnóstico , Enterocolite Pseudomembranosa/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino