Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction as a Late Presentation of Perforation of the Transverse Colon Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma.

Colonic perforation associated with blunt abdominal trauma is rare. Even more so is the formation of an inflammatory adhesion preventing leakage into the peritoneum. We present a case of the above in which the patient presented 1 month later with intestinal obstruction which required surgical intervention. A 38-year-old male, victim of a road traffic accident (RTA), presented with multiple fractures in his extremities which had to be operated on and was later discharged without complications. He was readmitted 1 month following the trauma with intestinal obstruction. During the operation, a stenosing colonic adhesion due to bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma was discovered. Resection of the transverse colon and a termino-terminal colo-colonic anastomosis was performed.