Author/Authors :
Turan, Mustafa Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery, Turkey , Küçüköztürk, Aslı Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery and Anesthesiology, Turkey , Düger, Cevdet Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery and Anesthesiology, Turkey , Gürsoy, Sinan Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery and Anesthesiology, Turkey , Karadayı, Kürşat Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery, Turkey , Şen, Metin Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Departments of General Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
Herein, we reported a 20-year-old woman who exhibited signs of colchicine-poisoning. In the first phase of intoxication physical examination findings were not moderate, they were mimicking acute abdomen. The clinicians were in dilemma to operate or not. But, on the fifth day after ingestion, her thrombocyte count decreased dramatically. Her clinical condition worsened, PaO2 seriously decreased and she was intubated. After a longand vigorous intensive care treatment period, she recovered. But, if she had been operated, perhaps she would be exposed to dreadful complications. The crisis was managed with close monitorization of her clinical signs and laboratory values.
