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Endometriosis: A Rare Cause of Large Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Large bowel obstruction can result in significant morbidity and mortality, especially in cases of acute complete obstruction. There are many possible causes, the most common in adults being colorectal cancer.
Gonçalo Alexandrino, Luís Carvalho Lourenço, Rita Carvalho, Cisaltina Sobrinho, David Valadas Horta, Jorge Reis   +5 more
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Large Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2021
AbstractNearly one-quarter of bowel obstructions occur in the large bowel. As with all bowel obstructions, large bowel obstructions have three defining characteristics: partial or complete, intrinsic or extrinsic, benign or malignant. The work-up for a large bowel obstruction should focus on the etiology of the obstruction as well as severity ...
Alexander T. Hawkins, Wali R. Johnson
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Pseudo-obstruction of the large bowel. [PDF]

BMJ, 1970
at laparotomy. The clinical picture is one of increasing abdominal distension, crampy abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhoea, vomiting, normal or obstructive bowel sounds, and a distended colon with fluid levels on x-ray examination. It is usually associated with intra-abdominal or generalized disease.
H A Crockard, P K Caves
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Actinomycosis simulating malignant large bowel obstruction [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004
We present a case of a 58 year old white male who entered the hospital with abdominal pain and developed large bowel obstruction, simulating malignant disease.
José Augusto Ferreira Bittencourt, Elmes Luiz Andreis, Eduardo Lahude Lima, Dalvani Elias Dorn, Virgínia Muller   +4 more
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Bladder Calculus Causing Large Bowel Obstruction

The Annals of African Surgery, 2019
Urinary tract calculi are fairly common, though bladder calculi are less common, accounting for only 5% of urinary tract calculi. Bladder calculi, particularly large bladder calculi, are usually associated with pathology in the urinary tract.
Alessandro Bellomo, Morapedi Kwati, Jorge Monzon, Babatunde Ogunrombi   +3 more
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Sigmoid carcinoma with sigmoid-rectal intussusception presenting as rectal prolapse and large bowel obstruction in the ED

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Intestinal obstruction is a surgical emergency with most cases being small bowel obstruction. Large bowel obstruction is comparatively uncommon and colonic malignancies are a usual cause.
Pallabi Mazumdar, Pawan Kumar, Glory Katiyar, Muniza Mulla, Sanjay Sardessai   +4 more
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Spectrum of MDCT Findings in Bowel Obstruction in a Tertiary Care Rural Hospital in Northern India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) provides clinically and surgically important information in bowel obstruction. It can depict the severity, level and cause of obstruction. Aim: To depict the spectrum of MDCT findings in cases of
Ranjana Gupta, Puneet Mittal, Amit Mittal, Sharad Gupta, Kapish Mittal, Arpit Taneja   +5 more
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Extranodal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel in Female Patient Causing Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report

Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2022
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is the most common extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine accounting for more than 50% of cases. Forty percent of these cases initially present with small bowel obstruction.
Andrej Nikolovski, Sanja Trajkova, Dushko Dukovski, Goran Spirov, Gordana Petrushevska   +4 more
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Large bowel obstruction caused by urinary retention from benign prostate hyperplasia

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
Although large bowel obstruction is a common surgical emergency, its occurrence due to bladder distension is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of large bowel obstruction caused by bladder distention secondary to benign prostate ...
Tomohiro Fujisaki, MD, Yasuhiko Fujita, MD, Hiroyuki Mizuta, MD, Naohisa Niina, MD, Nodoka Miyazaki, MD, Atsushi Tashiro, MD, Takahiro Hayashi, MD, Naotsuna Tada, MD, Norio Tomono, MD   +8 more
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Large Bowel Obstruction

, 2016
Management of large bowel obstruction (LBO) is challenging and complex. Colorectal cancer and diverticular stricture are the most common mechanical causes of LBO. Nonmechanical causes, including pseudo-obstruction, have also been described. Regardless, initial management strategies are similar and include aggressive fluid resuscitation, bowel rest ...
Charles M. Friel, Karim Alavi
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