Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with systemic sclerosis: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
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Intestinal obstruction and pseudo-obstruction in patients with systemic sclerosis.
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a known complication of patients with systemic sclerosis, manifested as nausea, vomiting, constipation, abdominal distension and pain. We report a series of cases with systemic sclerosis that presented with signs of intestinal obstruction. In all cases, the differentiation between a pseudo-obstruction and true mechanical obstruction remained a formidable...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev393