If sufficiently large, a gallstone may lodge at the narrowest part of the gastrointestinal tract, usually the terminal ileum, and present with small bowel obstruction. Here the authors present the ...

Additionally, the adhesions may form between different parts of the small or large bowel. If a fixed intestine becomes twisted, it can lead to an obstruction. Bowel obstructions caused by ...

Background—Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a syndrome of ineffectual motility due to a primary disorder of enteric nerve or muscle, is rare. Aims—To determine the clinical spectrum, ...

Background—Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a syndrome of ineffectual motility due to a primary disorder of enteric nerve or muscle, is rare. Aims—To determine the clinical spectrum, ...

Vomiting is another symptom of malrotation, and it can help the doctor determine where the obstruction is. Vomiting that happens soon after the baby starts to cry often means the blockage is in the ...

However, if the IFP is sufficiently large and pedunculated, it could cause mechanical intraluminal obstruction without intussusception. We report one such case in a middle-aged man who had an ...

When taken to the hospital, doctors realized “parts of her large intestine had died ... the ones she experienced, such as ...

A water soluble contrast study demonstrated a large stomach. Endoscopy identified a rosette shaped mass upon entering the ... abdominal distension and rarely bleeding, bowel obstruction and duodenal ...