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Ogilvie's syndrome. Would you recognize it?

P S Stack1

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Humana Hospital-Medical City, Dallas.

Postgraduate Medicine
|April 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary
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Ogilvie syndrome, a condition mimicking bowel obstruction, presents with colon dilation but not small intestine dilation. Treatment varies, with conservative measures and decompression potentially necessary to prevent cecal perforation.

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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Radiology
  • Surgical Oncology

Background:

  • Ogilvie syndrome is a clinical condition characterized by symptoms that mimic mechanical bowel obstruction.
  • It is associated with various predisposing factors and is defined by radiographic evidence of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.