title: Pathology mimicking distal intestinal obstruction syndrome in cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Eight patients with cystic fibrosis had chronic abdominal pain and the other features of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome. Coexistent abdominal pathology was shown in six patients. Two had a small bowel volvulus, and the others had Crohn's disease, a small bowel fistula, appendix abscess, and an ovarian dermoid. Opiate abuse exacerbated symptoms in two other patients.
authors.affiliation: Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Respiratory Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dalzell
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Heaf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carty
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis