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Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ( IPO) is a clinical syndrome caused by severe impairment in the ability of the intestines to push food through. It is characterized by the signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction without any lesion in the intestinal lumen. [1] Clinical features mimic those seen with mechanical intestinal obstructions and can ...
A biloma is a circumscribed abdominal collection of bile outside the biliary tree. It occurs when there is excess bile in the abdominal cavity. It can occur during or after a bile leak. There is an increased chance of a person developing biloma after having a gallbladder removal surgery, known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
782.7 Petechiae. 782.8 Change in skin texture. 782.9 Other symptoms involving skin. 783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism and development. 783.0 Anorexia. Loss of appetite. 783.1 Abnormal weight gain. 783.2 Abnormal loss of weight. 783.3 Feeding difficulties and mismanagement.
Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis (abnormal presence of air or other gas) in the peritoneal cavity, a potential space within the abdominal cavity. The most common cause is a perforated abdominal organ, generally from a perforated peptic ulcer, although any part of the bowel may perforate from a benign ulcer, tumor or abdominal trauma.
Intestinal ischemia is a medical condition in which injury to the large or small intestine occurs due to not enough blood supply. [2] It can come on suddenly, known as acute intestinal ischemia, or gradually, known as chronic intestinal ischemia. [1] The acute form of the disease often presents with sudden severe abdominal pain and is ...
In medicine, Meigs's syndrome, also Meigs syndrome or Demons–Meigs syndrome, is the triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor ( ovarian fibroma, fibrothecoma, Brenner tumour, and occasionally granulosa cell tumour ). [1] [2] [3] Meigs syndrome resolves after the resection of the tumor. Because the transdiaphragmatic ...
A perforated ulcer can be grouped into a stercoral perforation which involves a number of different things that cause perforation of the intestine wall. The first symptom of a perforated peptic ulcer is usually sudden, severe, sharp pain in the abdomen. [ 1] The pain is typically at its maximum immediately and persists.
It involves acollection of symptoms — including cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation — that last for at least three months, according to the Office of Women’s Health ...