[Ogilvie syndrome (colonic pseudo-obstruction). A case of the practice]

Ogilvie syndrome, or acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO), is a clinical disorder with the signs, symptoms, and radiographic appearance of an acute large bowel obstruction with no evidence of distal colonic obstruction. The other name of this disease is an acute non-toxic megacolon. The colon may become massively dilated; if not decompressed, the patient risks perforation, peritonitis, and death. The acute state has to be discerned immediatelly and treated adequately. The conservative tactics includes naso-gastric drainage, resustitation the homeostasis and stimulation the colonic peristalsis. The aggressive behavior includes an operative treatment or colonoscopic decompression. Some authors report for considerable rising in the frequency of the cases in postoperative period in some abdominal diseases. That's why they think that Ogilvie syndrome is a postoperative disease. We present a case of the practice-- an operated man with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO) involving acute colonic ischaemia with necrosis.