Abstract

MONTERO LEAL, C.; HORMENO BERMEJO, R. M.; GONZALEZ MORENO, E.  and  GORDILLO MORERA, B.. The acute pseudobstruction of the colon or Ogilvie's syndrome. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.9, pp.435-437. ISSN 0212-7199.

The acute pseudobstruction of the colon or Ogilvie's syndrome is a infrecuent pathology of acute or subacute evolution, that is associated to different clinical or surgical pathologies, and whose pathophysilogy continues being not known. The treatment begins with general measures and if these are not effective, with the surgical decompression of colon to avoid the most serious complication and it frequents that it is the perforation of the ceacum. We present a case of an acute and idiopathic dilatation of colon in an adult man who entered by an episode of acute respiratory insufficiency, and that was solved with preservative medical treatment.

Keywords : Colon; Pseudo-obstruction; Dilatation; Acute abdomen; Ogilvie's syndrome.

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