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1/11. Prolonged ileus as a sole manifestation of pseudomembranous enterocolitis.

    BACKGROUND: Pseudomembranous colitis usually manifests as fever and diarrhea in hospitalized patients treated with systemic antibiotics. We present a case that represents a unique variant. CASE PRESENTATION: The 44-year-old man suffered of several weeks of abdominal pain, low-grade fever, nausea, vomiting, and lack of bowel movements. Upper gastrointestinal barium swallow and passage series revealed evidence of severe intestinal hypomotility. A thorough evaluation for the cause of the patient's ileus and abdominal pain was unrevealing, and symptomatic treatment was ineffective. Following the administration of opiates and dietary fiber supplementation the patient's abdominal pain and distention rapidly worsened, requiring an urgent subtotal colectomy. The macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the excised colon as well as results of the colonic cytotoxin essay and fecal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay essay confirmed the diagnosis of severe clostridium difficile induced pseudomembranous colitis as the cause of the patient's illness. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Clostridium-difficile induced disease consisting of prolonged ileus in the absence of diarrhea in a patient not previously taking antibiotics.
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2/11. diagnosis of gallstone ileus by serial computed tomography.

    An unusual case of choledocholithiasis followed by gallstone ileus documented by serial computed tomography is reported. A 91-year-old woman underwent gastrostomy because she repeatedly developed aspiration pneumonia, and a common bile duct stone was detected. She and her family refused surgery once symptoms resolved. One year later, she presented with increasing, intermittent abdominal pain and nausea. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a common bile duct stone with inflammatory changes, but the patient still refused surgery. Three months later, she was admitted with abdominal pain and vomiting. On admission, plain abdominal radiographs demonstrated proximal small bowel obstruction. A long ileus tube was inserted through the gastric fistula. Two days after admission, gallstone ileus was diagnosed on abdominal computed tomography based on the presence of pneumobilia, disappearance of the common bile duct stone, fluid-filled bowel loops, and the discovery of an impacted stone in the small bowel. Ten and 15 days after admission, repeated computed tomography demonstrated the impacted stone in the terminal ileum. Seventeen days after admission, a laparotomy was performed, and a 5x3-cm gallstone was removed through an ileotomy.
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3/11. Giant mesenteric lipoma as a rare cause of ileus in a child: report of a case.

    Mesenteric lipoma is a rare benign tumor of mature fat cells. Although generally asymptomatic, it occasionally causes abdominal pain, ileus, and small bowel volvulus, depending on its location and size. A definitive diagnosis can be made by pathological examination. ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography show this lesion as a well-defined, homogeneous mass with fat density surrounded by a thin capsule. Because of its rare etiologic origin, we report the case of a 7-year-old girl with a mass in the abdomen and ileus, found to be caused by a mesenteric lipoma.
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4/11. colon stenosis caused by old portal vein thrombosis.

    A 58-year-old female with a history of portal vein thrombosis was referred to our hospital with abdominal pain and distention. colon fiber and enema of the colon showed stenosis at the transverse colon and the ascending colon, with edematous mucosa. laparotomy revealed no abnormal findings other than chronic ischemia of the colon. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of colon stenosis caused by portal vein thrombosis.
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5/11. mirizzi syndrome and gallstone ileus: an unusual presentation of gallstone disease.

    We discuss the case of a man with an unusual complication of gallstone disease. An 85-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of abdominal pain in the right upper abdominal quadrant. Thoracoabdominal radiography demonstrated that the whole extrahepatic biliary tree, including the common bile duct, common hepatic duct, gallbladder, and left and right hepatic ducts, were visibly delineated by air. The operative findings revealed a small shrunken gallbladder, a fistula between the gallbladder fundus and the gastric antrum, and a cholecystohepatic fistula, corresponding to mirizzi syndrome, type II. A large gallstone was found impacted in the jejunum. This patient seems to have developed initially a cholecystohepatic fistula. Due to the acute inflammatory process, the stone eroded through the gallbladder wall and into the gastric antrum, passing from the antrum into the small bowel, where it became impacted. We suggest that the natural history of mirizzi syndrome does not end with a cholecystobiliary fistula but that the continuous inflammation in the triangle of Calot may result in a complex fistula involving not only the biliary tract but also the adjacent viscera.
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6/11. Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis in a child secondary to peritoneal dialysis.

    Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, or "abdominal cocoon," is a rare but serious complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. It is characterized by the diffuse appearance of marked sclerotic thickening of the peritoneal membrane resulting in intestinal obstruction. A 14-year-old adolescent boy with a history of end-stage renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis presented with symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed distended small bowel loops clustered and displaced to the right upper quadrant. The overlying peritoneum was markedly thickened and calcified. laparotomy confirmed the diagnosis of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis and the patient was treated with excision of the fibrocollagenous membrane. Postoperatively, he had prolonged ileus requiring parenteral nutritional support and peritoneal dialysis was restarted on postoperative day 10. A high degree of cognizance is needed to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition.
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7/11. diagnosis and treatment of a patient with gallstone ileus.

    BACKGROUND: A 79-year-old white woman presented with upper abdominal pain. She had a history of rheumatoid arthritis since she was 19 years old, which was treated with prednisolone, leflunomide, diclofenac and pantoprazole. She also had factor vii deficiency. The patient had been hospitalized 2 months previously with sepsis presumed to be due to urinary infection, and was treated with antibiotics. Sonography at this time revealed a gallbladder with a monstrous thick wall and stones, and the first differential diagnosis was cholecystitis. cholecystectomy was planned after amelioration of the patient's general state, but her general state worsened. INVESTIGATIONS: Sonography, endoscopy of the upper and lower intestine, and CT scan. diagnosis: Biliodigestive fistula and gallstone ileus. MANAGEMENT: Enterolithotomy, stenting, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and surgery.
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8/11. Postoperative bezoar ileus after early enteral feeding.

    Postoperative enteral nutrition is a widely accepted route of application for nutrition formulas due to a low complication rate, a good acceptance by patients. and a favorable cost-effectiveness. We report three cases of bezoar ileus after early postoperative enteral nutrition, using a fine needle jejunostomy (FNJ) in two cases and a nasoduodenal tube in one case. A male patient who underwent gastric resection for a gastrointestinal stroma tumor and was nourished through an fine needle jejunostomy developed an acute abdomen on the seventh postoperative day. Surgical exploration revealed a mechanical ileus caused by denaturated nutrition formula distal to the catheter tip. The second case, a female patient, underwent gastric resection for a gastric cancer and on the fourth postoperative day developed acute onset of abdominal pain. Intraoperative findings were the same as described in the first case. The third case, a male patient with necrotizing cholecystitis, underwent open cholecystectomy. Postoperative enteral feeding was performed using a nasoduodenal tube. He developed a small bowel obstruction on the 17th postoperative day that was caused by an intraluminal bezoar. In conclusion, bezoar formation represents an underestimated complication of postoperative enteral feeding. Acute onset of abdominal pain and the development of small bowel obstruction are the main clinical symptoms of this severe complication. The pathogenesis of bezoar formation remains unclear.
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9/11. superior mesenteric artery syndrome: an unusual case of intestinal obstruction.

    Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is an uncommon cause of proximal intestinal obstruction, frequently occurring in patients who have had an important weight loss. The diagnosis can be difficult and usually is made by exclusion. The most characteristic symptoms are postprandial epigastric pain, fullness, voluminous vomiting and eructation. These symptoms are due to the compression of the third portion of the duodenum against the posterior structures by a narrow-angled SMA and surgical management is necessary. We report a case of SMA syndrome in a 23 year old patient, with a long history (since childhood) of voluminous vomiting, epigastric pain and an important weight loss. We performed small bowel enteroclysis, upper gastrointestinal series and endoscopy, biopsy of gastric and duodenal mucosa, abdominal computer tomography and ultrasonography to establish the diagnosis. Finally, the patient successfully underwent duodenojejunal anastomosis with a postoperative favourable outcome.
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10/11. A rare complication of a common disease: Bouveret syndrome, a case report.

    This is a case report of an 85-year old patient who presented with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting associated with altered liver function test. The plain x-rays and CT scan showed pneumobilia with an ectopic gallstone. The patient was diagnosed with Bouveret syndrome and managed surgically. The report is followed by a discussion about Bouveret syndrome.
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