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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a clinical syndrome characterised by symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction in the absence of a mechanical lesion of the intestinal lumen. The diagnosis is often difficult and relies on clinical, radiological and manometric grounds. We present here a case in which such a diagnosis was suspected, but a thorough in-depth evaluation revealed that the symptoms were due to a treatable cause--abdominopelvic adhesions.
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- Gabrio Bassotti
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, San Marco, Italy.
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Janni JW, Klanner E, Rack B, Sommer H, Friese K. Chemotherapieassoziierte Enterokolitis – Eine seltene, aber potenziell letal verlaufende Nebenwirkung bei der adjuvanten Behandlung des Mammakarzinoms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 44:240-3. [PMID: 15459523 DOI: 10.1159/000079716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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ANAMNESIS A 60-year-old patient underwent breast-preserving surgery for breast cancer of TNM stage pTla (m), pN2a (8/12), G2, pMO. After the operation, she received 4 cycles of epirubicin/cyclophosphamide (90/600 mg/m2), followed by 2 cycles of docetaxel (100 mg/m2). Four days after the second cycle of docetaxel, the patient presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and obstipation of 3 days' duration. FINDINGS The physical examination showed a distended abdomen, absence of peristaltic sounds and pressure pain in the lower left abdomen. The laboratory examination was conspicuous for granulocytopenia of NCI grade Ill and an increased CRP concentration of 7.7 mg/dl. DIAGNOSIS The main diagnosis was suspected chemotherapy-associated enterocolitis with signs of paralytic ileus; the latter was confirmed by computer tomography and laparotomy. THERAPY AND COURSE Primary treatment consisted of placing a stomach tube, infusion therapy, broad-spectrum antibiotics and G-CSF. Later on, 5 explorative laparotomies with abdominal lavage were performed due to deterioration of the general condition and suspicion of intra-abdominal compartment syndrome. After a temporary improvement, the patient died of protracted multi-organ failure 8 weeks after hospitalization. CONCLUSION Chemotherapy-associated enterocolitis is a very rare but potentially lethal side effect of cytostatic therapy. Therefore, gastrointestinal symptoms should be carefully noted in order to minimize the mortality risk by a timely therapeutic intervention.
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- J W Janni
- I. Frauenklinik, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Maistrasse 11, DE-80337 Munich, Germany.
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Schiemann U, Götzberger M, Reissenweber H, Suttmann I, Berner I, Hoyer X, Heldwein W. Ultrasound in emergency patients: better detection of free intraabdominal fluids by the use of tissue harmonic imaging. Eur J Med Res 2004; 9:328-32. [PMID: 15257876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ultrasound examination is one of the main investigative procedures in emergency patients who are hospitalized due to abdominal pain. Detectable free fluid collections are important hints to the definite, sometimes life-threatening diagnosis, but their detection in cases of only small amounts is difficult to perform by conventional sonography. PATIENTS AND METHODS We report about 25 cases of patients who suffered from acute abdominal pain and who were presented as emergency patients to our department of ultrasound. First, the examination was performed by conventional sonography (3.4 MHz). Only with the additional tissue harmonic imaging (THI, 2.3 MHz, pulse inversion) thin borders of free fluids around the liver or other abdominal organs (gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, bowel) could be detected leading to other important diagnostic or therapeutic steps. In this way, the diagnosis of pancreatitis, cholezystitis, peritonitis, peritoneal carcinosis, ascites (liver cirrhosis, serositis, postoperative status after laparotomy), bleeding or paralytic ileus could be elucidated. CONCLUSION THI sonography improves the detection of small amounts of free abdominal fluid collections. Therefore, this technique is helpful in the diagnostic procedure of emergency patients.
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- U Schiemann
- Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum der Universität-Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstrasse 1, D-80336 Münich, Germany.
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Vîlcea D, Vasile I. [Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome in adults]. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2004; 99:117-24. [PMID: 15455694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to debate, based on medical literature review, the chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome in adults, from the surgical point of view. The beginning of the paper emphasizes the difficulties in pseudoobstruction syndrome definition and etiology, and then we discuss the importance of intestinal histological assessment (whenever it is possible) and intestinal structure modifications. A very important part of this paper is reserved to the diagnostic difficulties, especially to those between intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome and mechanical intestinal obstructive syndrome (similar etiologic circumstances, similar clinical and radiological manifestations). Finally, this paper debates the therapeutic difficulties, emphasizing the importance of surgical methods and techniques useful in treatment of the patient with chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome.
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- D Vîlcea
- Clinica a II-a Chirurgie Generală, UMF Craiova.
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A case of intestinal pseudo-obstruction as a presenting manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus is presented. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease with a wide spectrum of unpredictable multisystemic presentations. A case of systemic lupus erythematosus that was diagnosed in a patient whose initial presentation for the disease was acute renal failure, hydronephrosis, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and false-positive syphilis serologies is presented. There have been 18 other cases of intestinal pseudo-obstruction associated with systemic lupus erythematosus to date in the English literature. A variety of gastrointestinal syndromes have been increasingly recognized as possible manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus, and this case illustrates in particular that intestinal pseudo-obstruction may be a presenting manifestation of this disorder.
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Szigeti K, Wong LJC, Perng CL, Saifi GM, Eldin K, Adesina AM, Cass DL, Hirano M, Lupski JR, Scaglia F. MNGIE with lack of skeletal muscle involvement and a novel TP splice site mutation. J Med Genet 2004; 41:125-9. [PMID: 14757860 PMCID: PMC1735672 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.013789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by thymidine phosphorylase (TP) deficiency, resulting in severe gastrointestinal dysmotility and skeletal muscle abnormalities. A patient is reported with a classical MNGIE clinical presentation but without skeletal muscle involvement at morphological, enzymatic, or mitochondrial DNA level, though gastrointestinal myopathy was present. MNGIE was diagnosed by markedly raised plasma thymidine and reduced thymidine phosphorylase activity. Molecular genetic analysis showed a homozygous novel splice site mutation in TP. On immunohistochemical studies there was marked TP expression in the CNS, in contrast to what has been observed in rodents. It is important to examine the most significantly affected tissue and to measure TP activity and plasma thymidine in order to arrive at an accurate diagnosis in this condition.
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- K Szigeti
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
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Montalvo P, Paz L, Chiappa E, Aronne S, Novelli M, Biaiñ ME. [Intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to sporadic visceral myopathy]. Medicina (B Aires) 2004; 64:525-8. [PMID: 15637831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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We report an unusual case of a patient with sporadic visceral myopathy and involvement of the entire gastrointestinal and urinary tract. Visceral myopathy is a form of chronic idiophatic intestinal pseudo-obstruction characterized by vacuolar degeneration, atrophy and fibrosis of the intestinal propia muscle layer without inflammatory cells. It can be found in childhood and adolescence affecting the gastrointestinal and urinary visceral muscle. The familial occurrence can be found in about 30% of cases and the mode of transmission is autosomal recessive in most families. It is crucial to exclude secondary forms of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and to obtain full thickness intestinal biopsy for the diagnosis. Surgical treatment is only beneficial in cases with isolated segmental involvement of the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Pedro Montalvo
- Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Zonal General de Agudos San Roque, Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina.
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The gastroenterologist is frequently involved in the care of patients with bowel obstruction and pseudo-obstruction. In the case of obstruction, the central problem is determining which patients should be managed surgically. In both SBO and LBO, evidence of vascular compromise to the gut mandates surgical intervention. Most patients with pseudo-obstruction respond to conservative therapy or neostigmine. Endoscopic decompression is indicated in recalcitrant cases, with surgery reserved as a last resort.
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- Charles J Kahi
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University Medical Center, 550 North University Boulevard, UH 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5121, USA
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Blanco Barrios A, Zancada Díaz De Entre-Sotos F, Rodríguez Pérez A. [Pseudo-obstruction chronic disease, lymphoid hyperplasia of the gastrointestinal tract and intestinal endometriosis]. An Med Interna 2003; 20:624-6. [PMID: 14697083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the gastrointestinal tract associated to endometriosis is an uncommon cause of chronic pseudo-obstruction and malabsortion. The case of a 32-year-old woman who suffered from this syndrome for one a half years is described. Diagnosis was achieved by laparotomy, which disclosed swelling and inflammation of the 30 cm terminal yeyunal portion. Removal of the involved intestine and side-to-side anastomosis were performed. The pathological findings were: follicular lymphoid hyperplasia with mucosal ulcers an fissures inflammatory pseudo-polyps, chronic deep enteritis and areas of endometriosis. A favourable outcome followed surgery.
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- A Blanco Barrios
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Cáceres.
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Vasile I, Vilcea D, Mogoş D, Teodorescu M, Păun I, Iacob T, Marinescu S, Dragomir T, Florescu M. [Functional secondary megaduodenum]. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2003; 98:553-60. [PMID: 15143613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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This paper aim is to present the case of a 72 year old male, diagnosed with functional secondary megaduodenum. We intend to discuss the pathogenic and positive diagnostic difficulties (the presence or absence of a mechanical obstructive factor or the participated of the megaduodenum in an intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome). Also we outline the rare frequency of this disease and especially the therapeutic difficulties: inefficiency of conservatory treatment, delicate problems of surgical tactics and technique.
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- I Vasile
- Clinica IV Chirurgie Generală, UMF Craiova
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Marfia GA, Pachatz C, Arciprete F, Massa R, Gianni G, Iani C. Intestinal pseudobstruction as presenting event of fatal cerivastatin-induced myopathy. J Neurol 2003; 250:887-8. [PMID: 12883940 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1124-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2002] [Revised: 02/27/2003] [Accepted: 03/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is defined as a clinical syndrome characterized by impairment of intestinal propulsion, which may resemble intestinal obstruction, in the absence of a mechanical cause. It may involve the small and/or the large bowel, and may present in acute, subacute or chronic forms. We have performed a systematic review of acute pseudo-obstruction, also referred to as Ogilvie's syndrome in the literature, and focused on proposed mechanisms, manifestations and management of post-surgery and critically ill patients who suffer from one or more underlying clinical conditions. The hallmark of the syndrome is massive intestinal distension, which is detected on clinical inspection and plain abdominal radiography. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are not fully understood. Therefore, treatment focuses on preventing intestinal perforation, which is associated with an average 21% mortality rate.
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- Silvia Delgado-Aros
- Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Program, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Charlton 8-110, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Chronic gastroparesis and CIP are debilitating disorders that are difficult to treat with currently available therapies. Failure of proper migration and differentiation of enteric neurons or ICC can result from specific genetic mutations and lead to phenotypes of CIP with or without concomitant gastroparesis. Intestinal dysfunction in diabetes may reflect a depletion of NO production (and perhaps other neurotransmitters or modulators), which is manifest as a syndrome of gastroparesis, diarrhea, or constipation in individual patients. As the key molecular changes underlying these disorders are defined, clinicians will begin to understand their precise etiology and rational medical therapy may become possible. In the future, testable hypotheses regarding the etiology of other functional bowel disorders (e.g., functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, and so forth) may be developed.
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- D Scott Smith
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Intestinal pseudo-obstruction refractory to medical therapy is a debilitating problem for specialists dealing with gastrointestinal disorders. We report the case of a newborn who developed severe, recurrent symptoms of intestinal obstruction, due to visceral myopathy. The case was persistently intractable to medical management, leading to repeated laparotomies. Gastrointestinal lesions showed marked dilatation of the entire digestive tract, with enlarging to enormously distended segments at two areas. Resection of these segments improved bowel function, facilitating enteral nutrition. Long-term hyperalimentation and repetitive hospitalizations were also avoided with this procedure. These results suggest that segmental resections can save unnecessary intestinal resections in cases with extensive gastrointestinal involvement.
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- A Nayci
- Mersin Universitesi Tip Falkultesi, Cocuk Cerrahisi AD., Mersin, Turkey.
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Feldstein AE, Miller SM, El-Youssef M, Rodeberg D, Lindor NM, Burgart LJ, Szurszewski JH, Farrugia G. Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction associated with altered interstitial cells of cajal networks. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003; 36:492-7. [PMID: 12658043 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200304000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Ariel E Feldstein
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Foundation and Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, U.S.A
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Zaidi SHT, Arif M, Zaidi Z. Hollow visceral myopathy in a 5-year old boy: a case report. J PAK MED ASSOC 2003; 53:82-3. [PMID: 12705491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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- S H T Zaidi
- Department of Paediatric Urology, The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute, Karachi
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Delgado-Aros S, Camilleri M. Manejo clínico de la seudoobstrucción aguda de colon en el enfermo hospitalizado: revisión sistemática de la bibliografía. Gastroenterología y Hepatología 2003; 26:646-55. [PMID: 14670240 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70426-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Intestinal pseudoobstruction is a clinical syndrome characterized by impairment of intestinal propulsion, which may resemble intestinal obstruction, in the absence of a mechanical cause. It usually affects the colon but the small intestine may also be involved, and may present in acute, subacute or chronic forms. We have performed a systematic review of the acute form of pseudoobstruction, also referred to as Ogilvie's syndrome. We discuss proposed pathophysiological mechanisms, manifestations and management of this clinical condition in post-surgery and critically ill patients. The hallmark of the syndrome is massive intestinal distension, which is detected on clinical inspection and plain abdominal radiography. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are not fully understood. Therefore, treatment has focussed on preventing intestinal perforation, which is associated with a 21% mortality rate.
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- S Delgado-Aros
- Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational & Epidemiological Research (CENTER) Program. Mayo Clinic. Rochester. United States.
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Lapointe SP, Rivet C, Goulet O, Fékété CN, Lortat-Jacob S. Urological manifestations associated with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstructions in children. J Urol 2002; 168:1768-70. [PMID: 12352356 DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000028495.91112.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome is a rare pathological condition characterized by chronic intestinal occlusion without any anatomical or mechanical lesion. Recent progress in the treatment of these children has led to improved survival and development of associated urological complications. We define urological manifestations of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction to optimize evaluation and treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated retrospectively the charts of 20 girls and 19 boys with a mean age of 11.2 years (range 3 days to 26 years) diagnosed with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction from January 1975 to February 2000. Urological evaluation included prenatal and postpartum ultrasonography, serum renal function assessment, voiding cystourethrography and urodynamics. RESULTS Urological involvement was present in 27 of the 39 children (69%). Megacystis in 26 children (96.3%) was isolated in 12 (46.2%) and associated with ureterohydronephrosis in 14 (53.8%), including 4 with vesicoureteral reflux. One patient presented with a complex urinary anomaly. Prenatal diagnosis of megacystis was made in 16 patients (59%), including 4 with neonatal urinary retention and 12 with urinary tract infection. At followup 24 patients had 1 or greater febrile urinary tract infections while 3 had afebrile infections. In the 14 patients with megacystis and ureterohydronephrosis, 3 or greater febrile urinary tract infections developed while 10 patients with isolated megacystis had only 1 febrile urinary tract infection. Twelve patients underwent 17 urodynamic studies, all of whom initially presented with hypocontractile detrusor, increased age corrected capacity (194% +/- 44%) and compliance (42 ml./cm. H O, range 13 to 214). Bladder proprioception was also diminished. Presently voiding is achieved by abdominal pressure in 14 cases and intermittent catheterization in 10. Antibioprophylaxis was given to 17 patients, at one point in time. Renal failure (1 iatrogenic, 1 complex anomaly) developed in 2 patients. CONCLUSIONS The presence of megacystis on prenatal ultrasound should alert the physician to the possibility of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Bladder adynamia represents the dominant urological complication. Urological evaluation and management are required to ensure adequate bladder emptying to reduce the risk of urinary tract infection and preserve long-term renal function.
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Gambarara M, Knafelz D, Diamanti A, Ferretti F, Papadatou B, Sabbi T, Castro M. Indication for small bowel transplant in patients affected by chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:866-7. [PMID: 12034212 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)02645-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- M Gambarara
- Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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Hyman PE, Bursch B, Beck D, DiLorenzo C, Zeltzer LK. Discriminating pediatric condition falsification from chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in toddlers. Child Maltreat 2002; 7:132-137. [PMID: 12020069 DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007002005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pediatric condition falsification may masquerade as chronic and serious digestive disease, including chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The purpose of this study was to define clinical criteria to discriminate between these two conditions. We compared medical records of 8 pediatric condition falsification victims to those of 14 children with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Clinical features suggesting pediatric condition falsification in toddlers presenting with chronic and severe digestive complaints included (a) daily abdominal pain, (b) illness involving three or more organ systems, (c) an accelerating disease trajectory, (d) a reported history of preterm birth, (e) absence of dilated bowel on x-ray, (f) normal antroduodenal manometry, and (g) no urinary neuromuscular disease. These results suggest that a diagnosis of pediatric condition falsification may be suspected in toddlers presenting with a phenotype for enteric neuromuscular disorders by features in the clinical history, symptoms, and signs.
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Muehlenberg K, Fiedler A, Schaumann I, Müller-Felber W, Wiedmann KH. [Intestinal pseudoobstructions and gastric necrosis in mitochondrial myopathy]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2002; 127:611-5. [PMID: 11907863 DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-22669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS A 24-year-old female patient suffered for 4 months from recurrent abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Signs of an acute abdomen were the initial reason for admitting the patient to our hospital. The slim, pale patient had a complete bloated abdomen. Neurological status was normal. INVESTIGATIONS, TREATMENT AND COURSE Radiographic examination showed a paralytic ileus with a megacolon. The recurrent abdominal symptoms were due to a covered perforation of the stomach. This was shrunken, scarred and had to be resected. Further intestinal pseudoobstructions were accompanied by substantial exsudations in the lungs, intestines and abdomen. At this time mutism like behavior patterns and an ophthalmoplegia appeared. Leukoencephalopathy in brain MRI scans and increased liquor-lactate suggested mitochondrial myopathy. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis of a mitochondrial myopathy was confirmed by increased liquor-lactate level, muscle biopsy with ragged-red fibers as well as abnormal mitochondrias and molecular-genetic investigations (mtDNA point mutation A3243G). Associations to MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) and MNGIE (mitochondrial neuro-gastrointestinal encephalomyopathy) syndrome are discussed. CONCLUSIONS Unclear recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms even in the absence of neurological changes may reflect a mitochondrial disease. This applies especially to young patients with recurrent anorexia, vomiting and pseudoobstruction. In case of additional symptoms like ophthalmopathy, deafness, diabetes mellitus or signs of a MELAS syndrome the search for a mitochondrial system disorder is mandatory.
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- K Muehlenberg
- Med. Klinik II, Gastroenterologie, Infektionskrankheiten, Rheumatologie/Immunologie, Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg, Germany
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Grybäck P, Blomquist L, Schnell PO, Jacobsson H, Hellström PM. [Scintigraphic assessment of the small intestine transit. Diagnostic investigation of dysmotility with 99mTc-HIDA]. Lakartidningen 2002; 99:1556-8, 1561-2. [PMID: 12025209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Symptoms from the gastro-intestinal tract are common and often difficult to evaluate. Specialised examination techniques are available only at a limited number of clinics. A technique based on biliary scintigraphy when measuring the transit of contents through the small intestine has been developed. The investigation is simple to perform and convenient for the patient. It can be carried out at any clinic equipped with a gamma camera. 30 healthy individuals were examined in order to obtain reference values. 23 patients were examined with scintigraphy in combination with upper gastrointestinal manometry, 10 of whom had abdominal pain and neurogenic or myogenic pseudoobstruction disclosed by manometry. In another 4 patients, slow transit and pain prevailed in conjunction with normal manometric findings. Rapid transit and diarrhoea was found in 3 patients with various abberations on manometry. Of the remaining patients, 4 had slow transit and diarrhoea with intestinal neuropathy and pseudoobstruction, and 2 had slow transit along with endocrinopathies (diabetes, pituitary insufficiency).
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- Per Grybäck
- Sektionen för nuklearmedicin (avdelningen för sjukhusfysik), avdelningen för diagnostisk radiologi, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm.
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare disease in which a severe intestinal motility disorder impairs transit of chyme so that patients suffer from symptoms of a mechanical ileus without mechanical obstruction. CIPO may be a primary or secondary disorder due to muscular, neurologic, metabolic or endocrine disorders, but may also occur postinfectiously, postoperatively, following abdominal radiation or be caused by drugs or noxae. In severe cases, the typical history of (repeated) symptoms of mechanical obstruction leading to unsuccessful laparotomies will give key clues for diagnosis. If CIPO is suspected, mechanical obstruction must be searched for carefully by radiologic and endoscopic examinations. Histologic diagnosis usually demands full thickness biopsies of the intestinal wall. Small intestinal manometry allows diagnosis of CIPO even during oligosymptomatic intervals as well as differentiation between neuropathic and myopathic forms of the disease. The main therapeutic goals consist in: 1. Maintenance of an adequate nutritional state by oral and/or enteral nutrition; in severe cases home-parenteral nutrition may be required and particularly in children intestinal transplantation may be the ultima ratio. 2. Reconstitution of intestinal propulsion by prokinetic drugs. 3. Therapy of complications such as bacterial overgrowth and severe pain by antibiotics and specific surgical procedures. Unnecessary laparotomies should be strictly avoided because they may lead to adhesions and markedly complicate the clinical course.
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- J Keller
- Israelitisches Krankenhaus, Germany
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- S Cucchiara
- Department of Pediatrics University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Feldman R. [Probable amanita phalloides poisoning with pseudo-obstructive, paralytic ileus (Ogilvie's syndrome)]. Pol Arch Med Wewn 2001; 106:1169-73. [PMID: 12026537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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A man of 52 years was admitted to Warsaw Poison Control Centre because of the suspicion of amanita phalloides poisoning. At admission (on third day of mushrooms ingestion) the patient still suffered from gastroenterocolic symptoms, especially from epigastric pain, nausea and vehement but slowly withdrawing diarrhea. On the next 2 days of hospitalization the typical symptoms of liver damage developed (jaundice, elevated aminotransferases AST and ALT, decrease of Quick index); prolonged epigastric pain was radiating to the right lower quadrant and with local tenderness peritonismus. These clinical symptoms, physical examination and abdominal x-ray suggested a "silent abdomen" due to the of obturative ileus. Therefore laparatomy was performed immediately and the adynamic ileus, not obturation of intestine, was recognized definitely. Subsequently the clinical status of the patient, previously severe, improved, blood parameters of liver damage subsided. After three weeks of hospitalization the patient was dismissed in good condition.
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Fang X, Ke M, Liu X. [Clinical characteristics and diagnosis of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2001; 40:666-9. [PMID: 11769719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze and determine the clinical characteristics and diagnostic methods of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction(CIP). METHODS We reviewed the medical records of all 23 patients who diagnosed with CIP in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 1978 to 2000. RESULTS Twenty three patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria (9 male, 14 female, median age 50 years, range 4-75 years). The main symptoms at the presentation were abdominal distension(87%), pain(57%), diarrhea(65%), constipation(48%), vomiting(39%) and weight loss(83%). In this group of CIP patients, the abdominal distension was more common and serious than pain, presenting with diarrhea, weight loss and dismotility in esophagus and stomach. Bowel loops and visible peristaltic waves were seldom observed in the CIP patients. The plain film showed the multiple air-fluid levels (17/20, 85%) and generalized intestinal distention and air in colon. The abnormal findings on the barium contrast examination included intestinal dilation (19/23, 83%), weaken peristalses or/and prolongation of transit time (74%) without mechanical lesions. The pseudo-obstruction involved the small intestine (83%) and colon (39%) that determined according to the radiographic features, abnormal gastrointestinal motor functions, findings of endoscopic examination and laparotomy. Eighteen cases were chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (1 familial myopathy), 5 were secondary to CTD. CONCLUSIONS Comparison with the typical mechanical obstruction, the presentations of CIP have some relatively characteristics. The clinical diagnosis of CIP can be confirmed on the basis of typical clinical symptoms and radiographic features, abnormal gastrointestinal motility.
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- X Fang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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Gschossmann JM, Holtmann G, Bünger L, Grandt D, Drochner K, Gerken G. [Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Clinical symptomatology and course]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2001; 126:964-9. [PMID: 11544546 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (CIP) is a motility disorder clinically characterized by recurrent symptoms of small intestinal or large bowel obstruction without organic stenosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical presentation and course of the disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS During a four year period all available data including the symptoms as assessed by the bowel disease questionnaire (BDQ) of all patients with newly established diagnosis of CIP were analyzed including duration of symptoms and previous surgical interventions due to the abdominal symptoms. RESULTS Data of nine patients (five females, four males, age 20 - 64 years) with newly diagnosed CIP were available for analysis. Median age at initial onset of symptoms were 24 years. The final diagnosis of CIP was established after a median of 7 years (range 1 - 20). Initially, the majority of patients suffered from uncharacteristic symptoms such as abdominal fullness and abdominal pain. All patients had undergone repeated abdominal surgical interventions for suspected mechanical bowel obstruction. On average, the first surgical intervention was performed 5 years after the onset of symptoms and there was a median number of 10 treatments as in-patients. Suspected acute bowel obstruction occurred between 1 and 14 times and laparotomies were performed in 50 % of these events. CONCLUSION The diagnosis of CIP is usually preceded by several years with uncharacteristic abdominal symptoms. During this time, most patients undergo multiple surgical interventions. Thus, in patients with repeated suspected acute bowel obstruction without definite proof of mechanical obstruction, CIP has to be taken into consideration as differential diagnosis. In this context, small bowel manometry is an important diagnostic tool.
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- J M Gschossmann
- Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie (Direktor: Prof. Dr. G. Gerken), Zentrum für Innere Medizin
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Lukás K. [Acute states in gastroenterology: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and the acute intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome]. Cas Lek Cesk 2001; 140:427-9. [PMID: 11503191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Our article concentrates on two acute states, which develop less dramatically but their after-effects may be very serious: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and Ogilvie's syndrome. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a bacterial infection of the ascitic fluid without any intraperitoneal source of infection. Ascites is a condition of the disease but need not be clinically manifested. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis comes usually during heavy hepatic impairment. Diagnosis can be set according: 1. Positive cultivation of ascitic fluid, 2. PMN levels higher than 250/mm3, 3. No infection, which may require a surgical intervention is apparent. Liver disease, which brings about the spontaneous bacterial peritonitis can be: 1. Chronic (e.g. alcoholic cirrhosis), 2. Subacute (e.g. alcoholic hepatitis), 3. Acute (e.g. fulminant hepatic failure). Mortality of this form of peritonitis can reach up to 46%. The most frequent etiological factor is alcohol and viral hepatitis, the most frequent agents are E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The disease is most effectively cured by cefalosporins of the third generation. With inadequate treatment, prognosis may be poor. Intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome has clinical symptomatology of a serious impairment with ileus without signs of any mechanical intestinal obstruction. Syndrome can be classified according to its development: 1. Acute form--acute intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome--Ogilvie's syndrome, 2. Chronic form--chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome. Pathogenic mechanism of the syndrome is not known. The disease is related to immobility, administration of some drugs, electrolyte imbalance and concomitant diseases (most frequently malignant tumors). Clinical symptomatology dominates nausea, vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhoea. For diagnostics the first step should be termination of all medication, which could have causing affects, then taking native abdominal X-ray picture where gaseous intestinal distension can be prominent (coecum distended up to 9-12 cm). Identification of fluid surfaces is not usual. Endoscopic examination can exclude obstruction in the distal part of gut minimally. The most frequent complication is perforation of coecum. Pharmacological treatment relays on prokinetics. The basic intervention remains decompression by a rectal catheter or an effective coloscopic decompression with subsequent introduction of a cannula. Mortality of the disease fluctuates between 43 and 46%.
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- K Lukás
- IV. interní klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha.
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Takahashi H. [Gastrointestinal complications of collagen vascular diseases]. Nihon Rinsho Meneki Gakkai Kaishi 2001; 24:112-24. [PMID: 16578963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- H Takahashi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
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Huis M, Balija M, Stulhofer M. Gastrointestinal pseudo-obstruction: report of a patient with postoperative pseudo-obstruction. Coll Antropol 2001; 25:371-80. [PMID: 11787564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Postoperative pseudo-obstruction is a rare state of protracted gastrointestinal paresis that may progress to paralysis without the presence of obstructive lesions. Pseudo-obstruction is usually, but not exclusively, associated with an abdominal operative procedure (laparotomy), however, it may occasionally occur following extra-abdominal operations. As differentiated from the usual, 'physiologic'postoperative paresis, pseudo-obstruction persists for more than 7 days. The pathogenesis of postoperative pseudo-obstruction is complex and as yet partially unknown. Whereas the 'physiologic' postoperative gastrointestinal paresis includes short-term functional cholinergic depression of the visceral organs, in pseudo-obstruction focal lesions in the region of Auerbach's plexus, manifesting as visceral neuromyopathy, are involved. That is why the 'physiologic' postoperative paresis never transforms into paralytic ileus, while in pseudo-obstruction such a risk is potentially involved. The treatment for pseudo-obstruction is as a rule conservative. Surgical treatment (cecostomy) is rarely required. Colonoscopic decompresive suction is usually enough to eliminate the risk of colon rupture due to extensive distention by fast growing meteorism. A patient with postoperative pseudo-obstruction is presented.
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- M Huis
- Department of Surgery, General Hospital Zabok, Croatia
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A case of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in an English bulldog is described. The dog was presented with chronic weight loss and vomiting. An intestinal obstruction was suspected based on clinical and radiological findings. A diagnosis of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction was made on the basis of full thickness intestinal biopsies. The dog was refractory to any antiemetic therapy. Necropsy revealed marked atrophy and fibrosis of the tunica muscularis, together with a mononuclear cell infiltrate extending from the duodenum to the colon. This case was presented with clinical findings consistent with visceral myopathy in humans--namely, atony and dilatation of the whole gut--but the histological findings resembled sclerosis limited to the gastrointestinal tract.
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- E Dvir
- Department of Companion Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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Achkar E. Diseases associated with or mimicking achalasia. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 2001; 11:267-80, vi. [PMID: 11319061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Achalasia may be associated with some rare systemic diseases. In addition, a few conditions produce a syndrome often indistinguishable from achalasia. Most of these diseases are malignant and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of idiopathic achalasia.
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- E Achkar
- Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Perlemuter G, Cacoub P, Wechsler B, Hausfater P, Piette JC, Couturier D, Chaussade S. [Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction secondary to connective tissue diseases]. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2001; 25:251-8. [PMID: 11395671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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- G Perlemuter
- Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a syndrome defined by the presence of chronic intestinal dilation and dysmotility in the absence of mechanical obstruction or gross inflammatory disease. Specific diseases may affect any level of the brain-gut axis. For most patients, the diagnosis relies upon a combination of historical, laboratory, manometric and histological features. Recent advances into the autoimmune nature of etiologies such as Chagas' disease and paraneoplastic dysmotility and into the genetic basis of mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy, multiple endocrine neoplasia IIB and Hirschsprung's disease have greatly refined our understanding and diagnosis of these disorders. At present, medical therapy of CIPO remains limited. Current and future developments in pharmacologic agents targeting specific enteric neurotransmitters and motility patterns hold much promise for improving the care of the patients afflicted with this complex and often debilitating syndrome.
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- I Hirano
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Watanabe M, Sato S, Moritani M, Uchida Y, Hamamoto S, Ishine J, Kinoshita Y. Partial obstruction of the colon caused by postoperative adhesions after cholecystectomy as a rare form of postcholecystectomy syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2001; 96:255-6. [PMID: 11197271 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03493.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mishchenko NV. [Application of laparoscopy in diagnosis and treatment of acute ileus]. Klin Khir 2001:55-6. [PMID: 11475979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Smout A, Azpiroz F, Coremans G, Dapoigny M, Collins S, Müller-Lissner S, Pace F, Stockbrügger R, Vatn M, Whorwell P. Potential pitfalls in the differential diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. Digestion 2000; 61:247-56. [PMID: 10878451 DOI: 10.1159/000007765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- A Smout
- Department of Gastroenterology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Barr JM. Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: pediatric case presentations and review of the literature. J Soc Pediatr Nurs 2000; 5:175-82. [PMID: 11098449 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2000.tb00107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ISSUES AND PURPOSE Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is a rare condition characterized by small bowel dysmotility. Its effects are severe and disabling in pediatric clients. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of CIP and summarize information useful to pediatric nurses. CONCLUSION Nursing management of the pediatric client with CIP is challenging, not only in terms of direct care provided to the child, but also in ongoing support and education of the child and family. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Nurses practicing in either inpatient or outpatient settings may encounter children and families dealing with this disorder. Nurses are in a key position to educate others and influence the outcomes of care provided to children with CIP and their families.
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- J M Barr
- Department of Nursing, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, USA.
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Janaki M, Chandrasekhar KP, Rao GM, Reddy SV. Primary hypertrophic colonopathy. Indian J Gastroenterol 2000; 19:137. [PMID: 10918725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report a 45-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman who presented with features of intermittent intestinal obstruction. Barium enema revealed narrowing at the pelvic-rectal junction in the man, and from the pelvic colon to the anal verge in the woman. Histology of the resected sections showed marked hypertrophy of the muscularis propria in both cases, with normal mucosa, submucosa and myenteric plexus. Both patients are asymptomatic at 4 years' and 2 years' follow up. This entity of primary hypertrophic colonopathy may be a variant of primary visceral myopathy.
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- M Janaki
- Department of Pathology, Kurnool Medical College/Govt General Hospital
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- A Kansu
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Medical School, Ankara University, Turkey
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Ogilvie's syndrome is a rare postsurgical complication that can be associated with cesarean delivery. It is characterized by massive dilation of the colon, much like that which occurs with an obstruction but in the absence of a mechanical obstruction. Early detection and intervention are necessary to avoid serious morbidity and/or mortality. Conservative treatment is effective in many cases, but surgical intervention may be required. Nursing assessment of the gastrointestinal system in the postsurgical patient is reviewed using a case report of a patient who developed Ogilvie's syndrome after a cesarean delivery.
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- C A Roberts
- Legacy Health Systems Women's Services, Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, Portland, OR 97227, USA.
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Ponseti JM, Fort JM, Carbó C, Marco V. [Myasthenia gravis, thymoma and intestinal pseudoobstruction]. Med Clin (Barc) 2000; 114:597. [PMID: 10846680 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71371-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To document intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IpsO) as a recognised clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a possible new clinical entity with its apparent association with ureterohydronephrosis. METHODOLOGY We report six lupus patients who presented with IpsO and review 12 other cases from an English literature search. IpsO is defined as the presence of clinical features suggestive of intestinal obstruction but without organic obstruction, namely absence of bowel sounds, presence of multiple fluid levels on plain abdominal X-rays and exclusion of organic obstruction by imaging or surgical procedure. Other clinical characteristics related to the underlying lupus, serological and histological findings, treatment modalities and outcomes of these patients were reviewed. RESULTS All 18 patients fulfilled the ACR revised classification criteria for SLE. None showed any clinical features of scleroderma or overlap syndrome. The mean age of onset of IpsO was 29.0 (15-47) y. The female to male ratio was 16:2. Nine patients had IpsO as the initial presentation of their underlying lupus. Coexisting lupus involvement of other organ systems included glomerulonephritis (n=7), thrombocytopenia (n=5) and cerebral lupus (n=3). The serology data and autoantibody profile of some of the previously reported patients were incomplete. In our series, anti-Ro antibody was positive in 5/6 while anti-RNP was found in 1/6 patients only. All our patients had active lupus serology at presentation. 17/18 patients required the use of high dose systemic corticosteroid therapy while one patient responded to topical adrenocorticotrophin hormone treatment. Response was good and was observed early after commencement. Azathioprine was used as maintenance therapy in 6/18 patients with good effects. An apparent association with the presence of bilateral ureterohydronephrosis was found in 12/18 patients. These patients presented with dysuria without positive bacterial culture though features of chronic interstitial cystitis were not invariably found in these patients. CONCLUSION IpsO is an uncommon but important manifestation of SLE. The underlying pathology is not fully understood but it may be related to immune complex deposition. The finding of coexisting ureterohydronephrosis suggests that there may also be a central smooth muscle motility problem of neuropathic or myogenic pathophysiology which may or may not be secondary to vasculitis. Early recognition and treatment of IpsO in SLE is important.
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- M Y Mok
- Division of Rheumatology, University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
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Domínguez Ortega J, Cimarra M, Sevilla M, Alonso Llamazares A, Moneo I, Robledo Echarren T, Martínez-Cócera C. Anisakis simplex: a cause of intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2000; 92:132-9. [PMID: 10799943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE the ingestion of Anisakis simplex larvae may lead to the appearance of gastrointestinal symptoms. However, the number of reported cases of parasitization by Anisakis in Spain is lower than would be expected in a country with the second-highest fish consumption per inhabitant in the world, particularly since fish is often eaten raw or only slightly cooked. We suggest that the incidence of anisakiasis in Spain would be higher if complementary studies were used in all patients suspected of having anisakiasis. METHODS we studied 6 patients with a diagnosis of intestinal obstruction who frequently ate fish. Skin prick tests with seafood, inhalant allergen and Anisakis extracts were done. Total and specific IgE against Anisakis larvae were tested with a CAP system radioimmunoassay and immunoblot assays. Oral challenge tests with frozen larvae were also used. RESULTS a positive skin prick result and high levels of total and specific IgE were found in all patients. The results of immunoblot assays for IgE did not show a consistent pattern, but a group of several low (14-18 kDa) and intermediate molecular weight antigens (30-50 kDa) were found in all patients. All patients tolerated the oral challenge test well. CONCLUSIONS in our patients with intestinal pseudo-obstruction and a history of frequent fish eating, the clinical and laboratory findings were suggestive of parasitization by Anisakis simplex larvae as the cause of the obstruction. Such complementary studies should be used whenever there is a suspicion of anisakiasis. The results of the oral provocation test show that the intake of dead larvae does not induce clinical parasitization.
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- J Domínguez Ortega
- Servicio de Alergia, Hospital Clínico "San Carlos", Madrid, 28040, España. I
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Cucchiara S, Borrelli O, Salvia G, Iula VD, Fecarotta S, Gaudiello G, Boccia G, Annese V. A normal gastrointestinal motility excludes chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction in children. Dig Dis Sci 2000; 45:258-64. [PMID: 10711435 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005491921972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gastrointestinal manometry has gained wide acceptance in the approach to patients with suspected enteric neuromuscular disorders. However, performing gastrointestinal manometry in these subjects without a previous exhaustive diagnostic evaluation is unjustified. Twelve children (median age: 7.0 years; range: 8 months-13 years), with clinical and x-ray features suggesting chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction, were referred to our unit for gastrointestinal manometry. The latter was performed with a perfused catheter for 5 hr in the fasting state and for 90 min after feeding. Data were compared with those recorded in eight age-matched controls. In all patients and controls, interdigestive motor complexes with propagated phases III were detected; a regular postprandial antroduodenal motor activity was also recorded. Patients and controls did not differ for fed antral and duodenal motility indexes, fed antroduodenal coordination, and length of duodenal phase III. Most of the patients showed short or prolonged bursts of nonpropagated activity in the fasting and/or fed states; in four cases fasting and/or fed sustained phasic activity was recorded. Manometric evidence of migrating motor complexes and postfeeding activity did not support the diagnosis of intestinal pseudoobstruction and suggested redirecting the diagnostic evaluation. Final diagnoses were: Munchausen syndrome-by-proxy (four cases), celiac disease (two cases), intestinal malrotation (two cases), Crohn's disease (two cases), multiple food intolerance (one case), and congenital chloride-losing diarrhea (one case). It is concluded that in children with suspected chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction manometric evidence of migrating motor complexes and fed motor activity excludes an enteric neuromuscular disorder and suggests a reassessment of the diagnostic work-up. Furthermore, if gastrointestinal manometry shows migrating motor complexes and postfeeding motor activity, qualitative abnormalities of the manometric tracings do not indicate an underlying enteric neuromuscular disorder and must not be overemphasized. Patients referred for gastrointestinal manometry should previously undergo an extensive diagnostic investigation to exclude disorders mimicking chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction.
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- S Cucchiara
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Fernández Lobato R, Serantes Gómez A, Gómez Rubio M, Martín García-Almenta E, Moreno Azcoita M. [Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and malnutrition due to intestinal endometriosis]. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2000; 92:50-1. [PMID: 10749601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Kakihara M, Mitsufuji S, Tokita K, Kojima K, Yamashita Y, Nakamura H, Ohno T, Tsunemura Y, Maeda T, Kashima K, Kodama T. [A case of (CIIP) chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction diagnosed with the aid of manometric study of the intestinal tract]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2000; 97:38-43. [PMID: 10659633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- M Kakihara
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- G Nusko
- Medizinische Klinik I mit Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen
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Recently, the small intestine has become the focus of investigation as a potential site of dysmotility in the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A number of motor abnormalities have been defined in some studies, and include 'clustered' contractions, exaggerated post-prandial motor response and disturbances in intestinal transit. The significance of these findings remains unclear. The interpretation of available studies is complicated by differences in subject selection, the direct influence of certain symptoms, such as diarrhoea and constipation, and the interference of compounding factors, such as stress and psychopathology. Dysmotility could also reflect autonomic dysfunction, disturbed CNS control and the response to heightened visceral sensation or central perception. While motor abnormalities may not explain all symptoms in IBS, sensorimotor interactions may be important in symptom pathogenesis and deserve further study.
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- E M Quigley
- Department of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Cork, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
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AIMS To document the long term course of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome (CIIPS) in children with defined enteric neuromuscular disease, and the place and type of surgery used in their management; in addition, to identify prognostic factors. METHODS Children with CIIPS were investigated and treated prospectively. RESULTS Twenty four children presented congenitally, eight during the 1st year of life, and 10 later. Twenty two had myopathy and 16 neuropathy (11 familial). Malrotation was present in 16 patients, 10 had short small intestine, six had non-hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, and 16 had urinary tract involvement. Thirty two patients needed long term parenteral nutrition (TPN): for less than six months in 19 and for more than six months in 13, 10 of whom are TPN dependent; 14 are now enteral feeding. Prokinetic treatment improved six of 22. Intestinal decompression stomas were used in 36, colostomy relieved symptoms in five of 11, and ileostomy in 16 of 31. A poor outcome (death (14) or TPN dependence (10)) was seen with malrotation (13 of 16), short small bowel (eight of nine), urinary tract involvement (12 of 16), and myopathic histology (15 of 22). CONCLUSIONS In CIIPS drugs are not helpful but decompression stomas are. Outcome was poor in 24 of 44 children (15 muscle disorder, 10 nerve disease).
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- S Heneyke
- Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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