Background A 13-year-old girl presented to the emergency room at her local hospital with an acute onset of vomiting, severe abdominal pain and distension. There was evidence of small-bowel obstruction ...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition that occurs when you have symptoms of intestinal obstruction without anything physically blocking the intestines. It can be chronic or develop ...

Ogilvie's syndrome, also referred to as acute colonic pseudo-obstruction or ACPO, is a distinct type of colonic dilatation. Ogilvie's syndrome is a distinct type of colonic dilatation. Image Credit: ...

What Is a Bowel Obstruction? A bowel obstruction is a serious problem that happens when something fully or partly blocks either your large or small intestine. It’s also known as an intestinal ...

In a study published in the journal Immunity, Carlene L. Zindl, Ph.D., and Casey T. Weaver, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pathology show how two types of immune cells ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;2(8):365-374. Proponents of stents as bridges to surgery recognize the potential quality-of-life benefit in avoiding a temporary or permanent colostomy, and ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Second primary malignancy in patients with long survival after esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Background: The ability of integrated positron emission tomography and ...

Abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation are common symptoms of bowel obstruction. Partial bowel obstruction symptoms may come and go for days or weeks before worsening. Intussusception in children ...

An intestinal obstruction happens when your intestines become blocked so that digested foods and fluids buildup. If not treated, a blockage can lead to a dangerous rupture. Digested food particles ...