Colonic pseudo-obstruction following acute pancreatitis.
The purpose of this case presentation is to illustrate the rate association between acute pancreatitis and colonic pseudo-obstruction and to highlight the difficulties of assessing intestinal motility in a defunctioned segment of bowel prior to closure of a defunctioning stoma.
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Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography