There are very few references in the literature to 'functional intestinal obstruction in the newborn. Zuelzer and Wilson in 1948 first drew attention to this condition and reported 11 cases, four of which resembled Hirschsprung's disease in older children. Vomiting and gross intestinal obstruction seen after birth were the presenting features in the remaining seven cases, five of which were ope...

BACKGROUND Congenital chloride diarrhea (CCD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that is difficult to distinguish from fetal lower intestinal obstruction. A prenatal diagnosis will make a contribution to the prognosis of the newborn. CASE REPORT We report a rare case of congenital chloride diarrhea (CCD) prenatally suspected by ultrasound and MRI. The prenatal ultrasound revealed signs of i...

Obturator hernia is a rarely-seen type of abdominopelvic hernia. It is generally seen in thinner, old, multipara patients. The most frequently seen clinical sign is intestinal obstruction associated with strangulation. Diagnosis is generally made during operation in patients brought into emergency room because of intestinal obstruction. Delay in diagnosis in older patients results in higher rat...

CONTEXT Gallstone ileus is an uncommon condition with potentially serious complications including perforation and gangrene of the small bowel. Its diagnosis is difficult and surgery remains the mainstay of treatment. Here we are reporting the complications of this condition along with brief review of literature. CASE REPORT We report a case of intestinal obstruction due to gallstone in the sm...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is considered to be one of the most frequent gastrointestinal manifestations of myasthenia gravis, accompanied by the presence of neoplasia of the thymus gland in the vast majority of the cases presented in the international literature. Despite the fact that myasthenia gravis has been implicated to be the cause of recurrent episodes of intestinal pseudo-obstruction...

bezoars are concretions of foreign materials that impair gastrointestinal motility or cause intestinal obstruction in the stomach, small intestine or bowel of humans or animals. there are many types of them such as phyto, lacto and trichobezoars. although bezoars are not rare, multiple giant bezoars which totally fill the stomach lumen and have extension to the small intestine (rapunzel syndrom...

Intestinal obstruction is one of the most perplexing clinical situations encountered by a surgeon in the emergency room. Computed tomography (CT) has become the most useful and powerful tool in diagnosing intestinal obstructions. CT was reported to yield sensitivities of 81% to 96%, with up to 96% specificity and 95% accuracy for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction (SBO) [1]. The most comm...

Colonic pseudo-obstruction is a condition of distention of colon with signs and symptoms of colonic obstruction in the absence of an actual mechanical cause of obstruction. It is a poorly understood disease that is characterized by functional large bowel obstruction. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction was described in 1938 by the German surgeon W. Weiss who reported mega-duodenum in 6 persons in 3 g...

The nasogastric tube (NGT) has become a frequently used device to alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. Nasogastric tube syndrome (NTS) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of an indwelling NGT. NTS is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. We report a case of a 76-year-old man with NTS, induced by an indwelling long intesti...

We report a case of 2 years old male child who presented with acute intestinal obstruction with palpable and mobile mass in the abdomen. He was diagnosed as a case of intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoar containing cotton threads. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice for such conditions. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoar made of hair cotton threads is extremely rare. These ...