Author(s)

Sawadogo Yamba Elie^1*, Ouangre Edgar¹, Zida Maurice¹, Sama Gui¹, Bande Youssouf², Kafando Roch¹, Bonkoungou Gilbert², Sam Aristide¹, Traore Si Simon¹

¹CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
²CHU Blaise Compaoré, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The practice of traditional medicine and the use of medicinal plants are increasingly developed in Africa. Its poorly controlled administration often leads to severe complications that can sometimes be life-threatening. Intrarectal injection of caustic material with such purpose as suicide, murder, accident, or as a tribal therapeutic is responsible, within several hours, for burns of the colonic coating, the severity of which ranges from a simple light congestion of the rectal mucosa to a complete necrosis of the colon of variable length from the rectum to the cecum. We report the case of a stenosing rectocolitis complicating enemas with traditional products. Colonoscopy and contrast enema found their interest in determining the limits of surgical resection.

Recto-Colitis, Caustic, Traditional, Burkina Faso

Elie, S. , Edgar, O. , Maurice, Z. , Gui, S. , Youssouf, B. , Roch, K. , Gilbert, B. , Aristide, S. and Simon, T. (2018) Rectal-Colitis Caustic Stenosing by Enema to Traditional Products: About a Case. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 8, 154-158. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2018.84017.