Abdominal bloating and distension are 2 of the most commonly reported gastrointestinal symptoms. is characterized by symptoms trapped gas, abdominal pressure, fullness. defined as a measurable increase in girth. These frequently co-exist, although they can occur separately. Defined Rome IV criteria, functional coincide with other disorders, such dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation...

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare gastrointestinal motility disorder that presents with symptoms, physical exam, and imaging findings of mechanical bowel obstruction without an anatomical obstruction. Multiple etiologies, including enteric or extrinsic neuropathic dysfunction, myopathic dysfunction the interstitial cells Cajal, cause CIPO’s pathogenesis. The presentation CI...

Abdominal distension is a common but little understood symptom of the irritable bowel syndrome. The authenticity of the symptom was confirmed by appreciable increases in girth measurement during the day in 20 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome compared with 20 control subjects. Objective corroboration of this finding was shown in the group with the irritable bowel syndrome by a highly s...

A 53-year old man was admitted with painless progressive abdominal distension of 1 year duration. He was a lorry driver and his abdomen started touching the steering wheel, making his job difficult. The abdominal distension was increasing despite treatment for “presumed” ascites. Clinical examination revealed a symmetrically distended abdomen with no palpable masses (Figure1). The swelling was ...

Cecal volvulus is uncommon in pediatric patients and there are few reports of cecal volvulus with cerebral palsy. Here, we report the case of a 19-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal distension, a history of cerebral palsy, refractory epilepsy due to lissencephaly, and chronic constipation. An abdominal x-ray and computed tomography without contrast enhancement showed fixed dilat...

Acute appendicitis is a common occurrence in childhood, but this diagnosis is considered rarely in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in the neonatal period because its occurrence is very rare in neonates. We report a 20-day- old afghan female baby that was admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, because of irritability and abdominal distension. Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis ...

A case of acute gastric volvulus associated with eventration of the diaphragm in a previously well 6 year old child is reported. The child presented with acute abdominal pain, abdominal distension and vomiting. At operation, mesentero-axial type gastric volvulus was found, associated with laxity of the gastro-splenic, gastrohepatic and gastrocolic ligaments and eventration of the left hemidiaph...

A 67-year-old woman presented in the emergency room with abdominal pain for 2 hours. Physical examination showed abdominal distension and diffuse pain without signs of peritoneal irritation. A plain abdominal radiography showed distension of cecum located ectopically in the left upper quadrant, with little aeration of the distal colon. Given these findings, an intravenous contrast enhanced mult...

1 of 3 DESCRIPTION A middle-aged man presented with increased abdominal girth over 6–9 months, associated with pain in the right upper quadrant and fl anks. History was signifi cant for a non-seminomatous testicular cancer in his teens with left orchiectomy, aortic node dissection and 1 week of chemotherapy. On examination, the abdomen was grossly distended and non-tender, with positive fl uid ...