title: [Treatment of acute colectasia not due to cryptogenic colitis. 4 cases].
abstract: Four patients with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction were treated by colonoscopic aspiration. This treatment proved sufficient in 1 case due to Salmonella colitis and 1 case of parkinsonian dysautonomia. It has made it possible to diagnose a pyocholecyst masked by the colonic dilatation it had provoked, and facilitated its surgical treatment. A transient result was obtained in a case of otherwise asymptomatic choleperitoneum. Colonoscopy was relatively easy, perfectly well tolerated and always useful. It is therefore recommended for the treatment of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction except in cryptogenic colitis where its effectiveness and safety have not been demonstrated.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maroy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moullot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daloubeix
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mathey
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D013396:Suction
vernacular_title: Traitement des colectasies aiguës non dues à une colite cryptogénétique. 4 observations.