Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: report of two paediatric cases

Chronic intestinal pseudo - obstruction : Report of two cases

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare intestinal motility disorder. It is characterized by recurrent or persistent findings of intestinal obstruction in the absence of any mechanical obstruction. Various systemic or congenital diseases are held responsible in the etiology; moreover, it is accepted as idiopathic upon failure of detection of a true reason. We present hereby two rare cas...

[Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in children - report of seven cases]

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical characteristics and histological abnormalities on full-thickness intestinal biopsy in seven children from the Gastroenterology (GI) outpatient clinic. METHODS: A retrospective study of all patients who attended the GI outpatient clinic in the last ten years. The medical records of seven patients were reviewed, and all the relevan...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in alcohol abuse: report of two cases.

[Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction].

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of recurrent episodes of clinical intestinal obstruction in the absence of obstructive lesions. Although this syndrome is rare, it causes a high morbidity. It is caused by a disturbance of the intestinal motility, that results in a failure of the progression of the intestinal content. Basically, the failure...

Pseudopneumoperitoneum in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: a case report.

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare disease due to a severe gastrointestinal motility disorder which may mimic, on both clinical and radiological grounds, mechanical obstruction. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented to our institution for plain abdominal radiography for referred long-lasting constipation with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and distensio...