Gastrointestinal: Cecal ileus

Paralytic Ileus and Prophylactic Gastrointestinal Motility Medication after Spinal Operation.

PURPOSE To investigate the prevalence of paralytic ileus after spinal operation in the supine or prone operative position and to determine the efficacy of prophylactic gastrointestinal motility medications in preventing symptomatic paralytic ileus after a spinal operation. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients received spinal surgery in the supine or prone operative position. The study period wa...

Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy

Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature

Schwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Occurrence of these tumors is more common in the stomach than in the large intestine. These tumors usually present as polypoidal intraluminal lesions and based on their location can present with rectal bleeding, colonic obstruction, and abdominal pain or defecation disorders. We present a case of a thirty-five-year-old woman...

Cecal perforation with an ascending colon cancer caused by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Colonic perforation caused by upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare. A 69-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal fullness. Colonoscopy could be performed only up to the hepatic flexure due to an elongated colon and residual stools. Because her symptoms improved, upper GI endoscopy was performed 11 days later. The patient developed severe abdominal pai...

A 56-year-old woman with rash, paralytic ileus, and massive gastrointestinal bleeding.

Figure 1. Diffuse maculopapular rash that appeared simultaneously with high fever, progressive abdominal distention, and massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis: Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in a patient with human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. The duodenal sample obtained through a nasogastric tube showed multiple filariform larvae of Strongyloides s...