title: Colonic pseudo-obstruction following acute pancreatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Teh
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: O'Riordain
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: 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