Dysmorphic neonatal syndrome and Ogilvie syndrome

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) with Chilaiditi syndrome.

[Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction or Ogilvie syndrome].

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction is a clinical condition with the symptoms, signs and radiological appearances of acute large bowel obstruction but without any apparent mechanical cause. The mortality rate for patients undergoing surgery was 57%. The incidence of caecal-perforation was 1 for 7 patients. The pathogenesis of the syndrome is unknown but in more then 80% of cases many conditions th...

Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia Associated with Ogilvie Syndrome

Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is one type of acute mesenteric ischemia. Colonic pseudoobstruction, known as Ogilvie syndrome, is a disorder defined by colonic distension in the absence of mechanical obstruction. A relationship between these diseases has not yet been reported, based on a review of the literature. We report a patient with NOMI secondary to Ogilvie syndrome. An 82-year-o...

Visceral Myopathy Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Ogilvie Syndrome

Background. Visceral myopathy is rare pathological condition of gastrointestinal tract with uncertain clinical presentation and unknown etiology. It often presents with symptoms of chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction of colon. We report a case of visceral myopathy which presented to us as acute appendicitis and Ogilvie syndrome, and we managed it surgically. Method and Result. A case report of...

Ogilvie syndrome: acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon.

CMAJ • FEBRUARY 22, 2011 • 183(3) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E162 A76-year-old man with a his tory of hepatitis C infection and newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma was admitted for scheduled trans catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. He developed abdominal discomfort and nausea one day after the procedure. On examination, he had a distended abdomen, diffus...