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

open access: yesGE: 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   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Sigmoid carcinoma with sigmoid-rectal intussusception presenting as rectal prolapse and large bowel obstruction in the ED

open access: yesThe 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spectrum of MDCT Findings in Bowel Obstruction in a Tertiary Care Rural Hospital in Northern India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extranodal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel in Female Patient Causing Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report

open access: yesLietuvos 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large bowel obstruction caused by urinary retention from benign prostate hyperplasia

open access: yesRadiology 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the Treitz’s angle– a very rare cause of high bowel obstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are somewhat rare gastrointestinal tumors - approximately 1% to 3% incidence, but they are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract.
Georgescu, Lota Corina   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Value of gastrografin in adhesive small bowel obstruction after unsuccessful conservative treatment: A prospective evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Aim: Gastrografin is a hyperosmolar water-soluble contrast medium. Besides its predictive value for the need for operative treatment, a potential therapeutic role of this agent in adhesive small bowel obstruction has been suggested.
Choi, HK, Chu, KW, Ho, JWC, Law, WL
core   +1 more source

Congenital mesenteric defects in an adult: A case report

open access: yesSouth Sudan Medical Journal, 2023
A congenital mesenteric defect in an adult is very rare, but can cause an internal hernia with small bowel obstruction. Awareness of congenital mesenteric defects is important to the general surgeon when faced with an acute abdominal condition. We report
Tamirat Bugie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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