2526 A Rare Cause of Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: Gastrointestinal Amyloid
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[A rare cause of intestinal obstruction].
Three-hundred-thirteen cases of small and large bowel obstructions surgically managed, from May 1974 to September 1995, are reviewed. Particularly, 10 uncommon cases are described: 3 hernias in anomalous recesses, 1 small bowel spontaneous hematoma, 2 Ogilvie syndromes, 1 obstruction due to cholecystitis, 1 left diaphragmatic hernia, 1 encapsulating peritonitis, 1 incarcerated Spigelian hernia....
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9270,1572-0241
DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000599636.12094.e2