Difference between revisions of "Colonic pseudo-obstruction"

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*May lead to perforation.
*May lead to perforation.
*Associated with chronic illness.
*Associated with chronic illness.
*It is essentially a [[clinical diagnosis]].


==Gross==
==Gross==
*Left side lesion.<ref name=pmid21679643/>
*Classically - left side lesion.<ref name=pmid21679643/>
*Luminal dilation, marked.
 
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Image:Ogilvie_ct_coronal.jpg | Ogilvie syndrome. (WC)
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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid21679643>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Choe | first1 = EK. | last2 = Park | first2 = SH. | last3 = Park | first3 = KJ. | title = Colonic pseudo-obstruction with distinct transitional zone in adult constipation patients: pathological analysis and results of surgical treatment. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 77 | issue = 6 | pages = 736-42 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi =  | PMID = 21679643 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid21679643>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Choe | first1 = EK. | last2 = Park | first2 = SH. | last3 = Park | first3 = KJ. | title = Colonic pseudo-obstruction with distinct transitional zone in adult constipation patients: pathological analysis and results of surgical treatment. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 77 | issue = 6 | pages = 736-42 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi =  | PMID = 21679643 }}</ref>
*Hypoganglionosis. ???
*Hypoganglionosis. ???
==Sign out==
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COLON, SUBTOTAL COLECTOMY:
- BOWEL WALL THINNING WITH ASSOCIATED MUCOSAL NECROSIS WITH SIDEROPHAGES.
- MINIMAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
- NO APPARENT VASCULAR THROMBOSIS.
- THREE BENIGN LYMPH NODES ( 0 POSITIVE / 3 ).
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Colon]].
*[[Colon]].
*[[Large bowel obstruction]].


==References==
==References==
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