Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Pseudo-obstruction: Current approaches

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Pseudo-obstruction: Current approaches"— Presentation transcript:

1 Pseudo-obstruction: Current approaches
Carlo Di Lorenzo  Gastroenterology  Volume 116, Issue 4, Pages (April 1999) DOI: /S (99)70082-X Copyright © 1999 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Megaduodenum in an adult patient with scleroderma.
Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /S (99)70082-X) Copyright © 1999 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Contrast study of the small bowel showing dilated distal loops of small bowel in a 10-year-old boy with myopathic chronic idiopathic pseudo-obstruction. It is possible to notice the bowel displacement by an enlarged bladder. Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /S (99)70082-X) Copyright © 1999 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Suggested algorithm for the evaluation of a patient presenting with signs and symptoms suggestive of pseudo-obstruction. CBC, complete blood count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus. Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /S (99)70082-X) Copyright © 1999 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions


Download ppt "Pseudo-obstruction: Current approaches"

Similar presentations


Ads by Google