Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction: report of two cases.
Two cases of acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction diagnosed over a 6-year period are reported. One patient had acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) associated with severe cardiopulmonary disease and the other a rare idiopathic small bowel pseudo-obstruction: both were treated successfully. The various treatments and a short review of the literature are presented.
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Divisione di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ospedale S. Francesco USL 7, Nuoro.
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D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation