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(A) Photos of eviscerated small bowel content; (B) photos of eviscerated small bowel content.
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Upon presentation, there was >100 cm of dusky small bowel eviscerated at the site of a loop ileostomy in the right iliac fossa (Fig. 1).
Post-operative wounds and new end ileostomy.
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A surgical site infection at the site of evisceration was managed with wick dressings (Fig. 2).
(A) Histology image demonstrating marked congestion, thinning and ischaemic change of bowel wall; (B) histology image demonstrating serosal inflammation consistent with perforation.
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There was evidence of serosal inflammation and bowel wall congestion consistent with ischaemic changes (Fig. 3).