Caecal perforation in a burn patient

A 30-year-old female with a 38 per cent TBSA flame burn developed caecal perforation due to non-specific colonic ulceration. Only one such case has so far been reported in the literature by Still et al. (Burns 1994; 20: 85). The caecal perforation in our patient was treated using a right hemicolectomy. She deteriorated postoperatively and died day 21 postburn due to septicaemia, the perforation of the caecum contributed to the mortality.