Muhammad Misbah Rashid, Badar Murtaza, Zafar Iqbal Gondal, Arshad Mehmood, Shahzad Saleem Shah, Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Muhammad Sarmad Tamimy, Syed Tahawwar Mujtaba Kazmi.
Injection sclerotherapy for hemorrhoids causing adult respiratory distress syndrome.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;16(5):373-5.

A young lady with first-degree hemorrhoids was administered injection sclerotherapy with 5% phenol in almond oil. Soon after the injection, she developed syncope and later signs and symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She was kept on ventilatory support for 4 days, made a smooth recovery and was successfully weaned off from the ventilator.

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