Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in the course of systemic sclerosis successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and rituximab [PDF]
RheumatologyChronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is an infrequent and menacing complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). While researchers report positive impact of rituximab (RTX) on CIPO in paraneoplastic syndrome, no case reports exist for SSc-associated ...
Julia Kołodziejczyk +4 more
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A 10‐Year‐Old Boy With Chronic Atrial and Intestinal Dysrhythmia (CAID) and Chronic Intestinal Pseudo‐Obstruction (CIPO) [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsChronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction (CIPO) is a severe gastrointestinal syndrome characterized by disruption of normal gut movement, resembling a mechanical obstruction, despite the absence of any physical obstruction. It can occur idiopathically or as
Amirhossein Hosseini +6 more
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction secondary to intestinal leiomyositis in a ragdoll cat [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceA 1-year-old neutered male neutered Ragdoll cat was presented with a 4-week history of hyporexia, intermittent diarrhoea and weight loss. Initial imaging revealed a varying degree of distension of the intestinal loops by echoic fluid/gas and some loops ...
Carmen W. W. Lau +2 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012 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
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to Strongyloides stercoralis
IDCases, 2018 We report a case of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to a generalized visceral autonomic neuropathy in an immune-competent patient infected with Strongyloides stercoralis.
Jenna Greenberg +2 more
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Unmasking the “Braided” Bowel: Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction—A Case Report [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground and Clinical Significance: Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) clinically presents as a mechanical obstruction. When patients present with signs of impending ischemia, emergency exploratory laparotomy is indicated.
Chun-Heng Hung +2 more
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Enteric Neuromyopathies: Highlights on Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2022 Severe gut motility disorders are characterized by the ineffective propulsion of intestinal contents. As a result, the patients develop disabling/distressful symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting along with altered bowel habits up to radiologically ...
Francesca Bianco +10 more
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Did you search for lysosomal storage diseases?
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2017 Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction results in clinical manifestations that resemble intestinal obstruction but in the absence of any physical obstructive process.
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Radiological evaluation of a case of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 : Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a severe form of gastrointestinal dysmotility (often due to derangement of the innervation and/or smooth muscle and/or interstitial cells of Cajal) with recurrent episodes of intestinal sub-occlusion.
Renato Trimarchi, MD +6 more
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Late-onset mitochondrial encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: a case-based review [PDF]
Frontiers in Molecular BiosciencesBackgroundMitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is rare in people over 40 years of age, and gastrointestinal complications of MELAS are also rare, especially Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO).Case ...
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