SIGMOID COLON PERFORATION CAUSED BY COMPRESSED AIR: CASE REPORT

With the increasing of industrialization, usage area of high pressure air compressor became widespread. It has varied range of uses as a source of power for various tools and cleaning machines and fabrics. As a natural consequence of this, various organs and tissue injury including colorectal by using it except for the purpose has taken place in the literature. Colon injury as a result of bantering with high pressure air compressors especially among the workers around industrial fields is extremely rare but has serious morbidity and mortality rates. The case we described in this report is a case of sigmoid colon perforation in 37-year-old man who was harmed by compressed air that entered through the anus. In our opinion it is a unique cause of colonic perforation for about 150 cases of colon rupture by compressed air have been described so far. Sigmoid resection and colorectal anastamosis was performed and the patient discharged uneventfully.