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Arai Y, Ogawa M, Arimoto R, Ando Y, Endo D, Nakada T, Sugawara I, Yokoyama H, Shimoyama K, Inomata H, Kawahara Y, Kato M, Arihiro S, Hokari A, Saruta M. Megaesophagus and Megaduodenum Found Incidentally on a Routine Chest Radiograph During a Health Examination. Intern Med 2021; 60:2039-2046. [PMID: 33518569 PMCID: PMC8313925 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.6324-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) caused by impaired intestinal peristalsis leads to intestinal obstructive symptoms. A 20-year-old man had marked esophageal dilatation that was found incidentally on chest radiography during a health examination. Chest/abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography and endoscopy showed marked esophageal and duodenal dilatation without mechanical obstruction. Upper gastrointestinal series and high-resolution esophageal manometry revealed absent peristalsis in the dilated part. CIIP was suspected in the patient's father, suggesting familial CIIP. The patient likely had signs of pre-onset CIIP. This is the first case of suspected CIIP in which detailed gastrointestinal tract examinations were performed before symptoms appeared.
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- Yoshinori Arai
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
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Yoshimura K, Ohge H, Shimada N, Uegami S, Watadani Y, Nakashima I, Hirano T, Kitagawa H, Kaiki Y, Takahashi S. Successful surgical procedure based on careful preoperative imaging for chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction: a case report. Surg Case Rep 2020; 6:275. [PMID: 33113019 PMCID: PMC7593374 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-020-01048-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction (CICP) is a rare disease, defined as a condition of the chronically damaged colon, without obstruction or stenosis, and a pathological abnormality in the myenteric plexus. To date, there is no effective medication for CICP, and existing medication is not useful, making surgery the only effective treatment. Laparoscopic surgery is useful for reducing surgical trauma and postoperative adhesion. Herein, we report a patient with recurrent laxative-uncontrolled bowel obstruction, who underwent successful treatment with laparoscopic total colectomy based on preoperative detailed evaluation of bowel function. Case presentation A 77-year-old female patient without any past abdominal or psychological medical history was referred to our hospital because of chronic constipation and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography, barium enema, cine magnetic resonance imaging, and defecography indicated an enlarged colon from the cecum to the transverse colon (proximal to the splenic flexure) without apparent mechanical obstruction, and a collapsed colon from the descending colon to the rectum, with reduced peristalsis. Bowel movements of the rectum and anorectal function were normal. Based on these findings, we diagnosed CICP and performed laparoscopic total colectomy and ileo-rectal anastomosis in this case. Postoperative recovery was good, without the need for postoperative laxatives. Pathologically, no degeneration of the muscle layers or Auerbach’s plexus was found in the resected specimen. Conclusion Surgery is the only effective treatment for patients with CICP. Careful imaging before surgery is important for detecting the extent of excision required. This will reduce the need for additional surgery due to symptom relapse in the remnant colon. However, continued observation of the patient is required.
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- Kosuke Yoshimura
- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, 3-1 Aoyama, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-0023, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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Izu A, Homma T, Hirabayash M, Matsuoka S, Ishige T, Hao H. Idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis as a cause of death in a young male patient with sudden abdominal pain: an autopsy case report. Int J Colorectal Dis 2020; 35:1801-1805. [PMID: 32474707 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-020-03631-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Myenteric ganglionitis is a disorder that causes intestinal motor dysfunction. It may be caused due to neoplastic, central nervous system, or systemic infectious disorders. However, some cases are considered to be idiopathic in origin. CASE PRESENTATION A 33-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with sudden severe abdominal pain accompanied by watery diarrhea. Computed tomography imaging revealed edema of the entire small intestinal wall without ischemic changes. Detailed examination could not be performed for identifying the cause of abdominal pain because of the patient's worsened general condition, and he died 7 days after onset. The autopsy results confirmed the cause of the patient's severe abdominal pain as an idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis. CONCLUSION Some patients with idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis might die without a definitive diagnosis during their lifetime because of the rarity of this disease. When encountering severe intestinal motility abnormalities of unknown cause, physicians should consider idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis when choosing therapy.
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- Asami Izu
- Division of Human Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Division of Human Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan.
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Human Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Human Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Menys A, Saliakellis E, Borrelli O, Thapar N, Taylor SA, Watson T. The evolution of magnetic resonance enterography in the assessment of motility disorders in children. Eur J Radiol 2018; 107:105-110. [PMID: 30292253 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gastrointestinal symptoms including constipation, diarrhoea, pain and bloating represent some of the most common clinical problems for patients. These symptoms can often be managed with cheap, widely available medication or will spontaneously resolve. However, for many patients, chronic GI symptoms persist and frequently come to dominate their lives. At one end of the spectrum there is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with a clearly defined but expensive treatment pathway. Contrasting with this is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), likely a collection of pathologies, has a poorly standardised pathway with unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. Managing GI symptoms in adult populations is a challenge. The clinical burden of gastrointestinal disease is also prevalent in paediatric populations and perhaps even harder to treat. In this review we explore some of the recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the gastrointestinal tract. Complex in both its anatomical structure and its physiology we are likely missing key physiological markers of disease through relying on symptomatic descriptors of gut function. Using MRI we might be able to characterise previously opaque processes, such as non-propulsive contractility, that could lead to changes in how we understand even common symptoms like constipation. This review explores recent advances in the field in adult populations and examines how this safe, objective and increasingly available modality might be applied to paediatric populations.
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- A Menys
- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK.
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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Menys A, Butt S, Emmanuel A, Plumb AA, Fikree A, Knowles C, Atkinson D, Zarate N, Halligan S, Taylor SA. Comparative quantitative assessment of global small bowel motility using magnetic resonance imaging in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and healthy controls. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2016; 28:376-83. [PMID: 26661570 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is characterized by dilatation of the bowel lumen and abnormal motility. In this study, we aimed to quantify small bowel dysmotility in CIPO using a validated pan-intestinal motility assessment technique based on motion capture magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared to normal controls. In addition, we explored if motility responses of CIPO patients to neostigmine challenge differed from healthy volunteers. METHODS Twenty healthy volunteers (mean age 28, range 22-48) and 11 CIPO patients (mean age 47, range 19-90) underwent MRI enterography to capture global small bowel motility. Eleven controls and seven CIPO patients further underwent a randomized placebo-controlled crossover study of either intravenous neostigmine (0.5 mg) or saline with motility MRI repeated at a mean of 3 weeks. Motility was quantified in regions of interest placed to encompass the whole small bowel volume using a validated, postprocessing technique to give a global motility index in arbitrary units (AU). Baseline and stimulated motility was compared using Wilcoxon rank-sum paired T-tests. KEY RESULTS Baseline global small bowel motility was significantly lower in CIPO patients compared to controls (mean 0.25 AU vs 0.35 AU, p < 0.001). Motility in both groups increased significantly after neostigmine (0.06 AU increase, p = 0.016 in CIPO and 0.06 AU increase, p = 0.002 in controls). Three patients with scleroderma had a reduced response to neostigmine. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Global small bowel motility in CIPO patients is significantly lower than controls and response to the pro-kinetic agent neostigmine may differ according to disease phenotype. Software-quantified bowel motility using cine MRI has potential as a future tool to investigate enteric dysmotility.
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- A Menys
- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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- Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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- Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Centre for Digestive Diseases, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK
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- Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Centre for Digestive Diseases, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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- Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging, UCL, London, UK
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Huang Q, Lai W, Yuan C, Shen S, Cui D, Zhao J, Lin J, Ren H, Yang M. Predictors of intestinal pseudo-obstruction in systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by digestive manifestations: data from a Southern China lupus cohort. Lupus 2015; 25:248-54. [PMID: 26405024 DOI: 10.1177/0961203315605366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Objective To determine factors that may predict intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IpsO) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients complicated by digestive manifestations. Methods SLE patients with digestive manifestations ( n = 135) were followed at Southern Medical University affiliated Nanfang Hospital from 2000 until 2013. Demographic variables, clinical features, and laboratory data were compared between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to establish factors that predispose to IpsO in these patients. Results At the end of the study period, 32 (23.7%) patients had developed IpsO. Mortality (9 patients) was infrequent and the cause of death was unrelated to IpsO. Independent predictors of IpsO in SLE were ureterectasia, anti-U1 RNP+, peritonitis, and low C3 levels. Conclusions Regular abdominal X-ray examinations are recommended in SLE patients with ureterectasia, anti-U1 RNP+, peritonitis, or low C3 levels, as early diagnosis and therapy may prevent unnecessary surgical intervention and improve the disease course.
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- Q Huang
- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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The incidence and outcome of allied disorders of Hirschsprung's disease in Japan: Results from a nationwide survey. Asian J Surg 2015. [PMID: 26216257 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Allied disorders of Hirschsprung's disease (ADHD) have been proposed to be the concept of the functional obstruction of the intestine with the presence of ganglion cells in the terminal rectum. They are classified into two categories based on pathology: (1) abnormal ganglia, including immaturity of ganglia, hypoganglionosis (HG), and intestinal neuronal dysplasia; (2) normal ganglia, including megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS), segmental dilatation (SD), internal anal sphincter achalasia (IASA), and chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP). Some of these show poor prognosis, therefore, the establishment of criteria and appropriate treatment strategies is required. METHODS The questionnaires were sent to the 161 major institutes of pediatric surgery or gastroenterology in Japan, in order to collect the cases of ADHD during 10 years from 2001 and 2010. RESULTS In total, 355 cases were collected. They included 28 immaturity of ganglia, 130 HG (121 congenital, 9 acquired), 18 intestinal neuronal dysplasia, 33 MMIHS, 43 SD, three IASA, and 100 CIIP. Of the 95 institutes, 69 (72.6%) had their own criteria for ADHD. Criteria were based on clinical symptoms and signs, and conventional pathological examinations. Prognosis was poor in congenital HG, MMIHS, and CIIP, while the others showed good survival rates. CONCLUSION Almost all Japanese cases of ADHD in the past 10 years were collected. Congenital HG and CIIP showed relatively high incidence, whereas acquired HG and IASA were extremely rare in Japan. The criteria of each disorder were also collected and summarized. Prognosis was poor in congenital HG, MMIHS, and CIIP.
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Bernardi MP, Warrier S, Lynch AC, Heriot AG. Acute and chronic pseudo-obstruction: a current update. ANZ J Surg 2015; 85:709-14. [PMID: 25943300 DOI: 10.1111/ans.13148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO) and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) are distinct clinical entities in which patients present similarly with symptoms of a mechanical obstruction without an occlusive lesion. Unfortunately, they also share the issues related to a delay in diagnosis, including inappropriate management and poor outcomes. Advancements have been made in our understanding of the aetiologies of both conditions. Several predisposing factors linked to critical illness have been implicated in ACPO. CIPO is a functional motility disorder, historically misdiagnosed, with unnecessary surgery being performed in many patients with dire consequences. This review discusses the pathophysiology, clinical and diagnostic features, and treatment of each. For ACPO, a safer pharmacological approach to treatment is presented in a modified up-to-date algorithm. The importance of CIPO as a differential diagnosis when seeing patients with recurrent admissions for abdominal pain and distention is also discussed, as well as specific indications for surgery. While surgery is often a last resort, the role of the surgeon in the management of both ACPO and CIPO cannot be undervalued. By characterizing each condition in a common review, the knowledge gleaned aims to optimize outcomes for these frequently complex patients.
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- Maria-Pia Bernardi
- Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Isolated intestinal neuronal dysplasia Type B (IND-B) in Japan: results from a nationwide survey. Pediatr Surg Int 2014; 30:815-22. [PMID: 25052255 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-014-3542-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Intestinal neuronal dysplasia Type B (IND-B) has been proposed to be an allied disorder of Hirschsprung's disease (ADHD). The original histological criteria included hyperganglionosis, giant ganglia, ectopic ganglion cells and an increased AChE activity in the lamina propria. The criteria for IND-B have been gradually revised. The present diagnostic criteria are [1] more than 20 % of the submucosal ganglia contain nine or more ganglion cells and [2] the patient is older than 1 year. To clarify the current status of IND-B in Japan, a nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed. METHODS Questionnaires were sent to 161 major institutes of pediatric surgery and gastroenterology in Japan. RESULTS A total of 355 cases of ADHD were collected, including 18 cases of IND-B (5 %). Based on original criteria, 13 out of 18 cases were diagnosed as IND-B. However, only four cases met the current criteria. Three of the four patients (75 %) required pull-through operation. All of the patients exhibited giant ganglia and ganglioneuromatosis-like hyperplasia of the myenteric plexus. CONCLUSIONS IND-B cases matching the current criteria are thought to be quite rare and they are associated with marked hyperplasia of the myenteric plexus. "True" IND-B is a rare and intractable disease.
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Miyazaki K, Torashima Y, Mochizuki S, Susumu S, Kanetaka K, Eguchi S, Kanematsu T, Abe K, Fujita F. Hand-assisted laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with cecorectal anastomosis for chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction: report of a case. Surg Today 2012. [PMID: 23203769 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0430-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction (CICP) is characterized by the chronic disturbance of colonic motility without mechanical obstruction, any underlying disease or medication. Currently, there are no established medical treatments for CICP. A 62-year-old female who had undergone right hemicolectomy for splenic flexure syndrome caused by idiopathic megacolon was referred to our hospital with relapse, experiencing palpitation and abdominal fullness. She was diagnosed with CICP according to findings of marked dilation of the colon without mechanical obstruction, dilation of other parts of the gastrointestinal tract, or underlying disease. The dilated colon was surgically removed by hand-assisted laparoscopic subtotal colectomy, followed by cecorectal anastomosis. Histopathologically, there was no degeneration or lack of ganglion cells in Auerbach's plexus. The patient has experienced no severe symptoms after undergoing the present operation.
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- Kensuke Miyazaki
- Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan,
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Panza E, Knowles CH, Graziano C, Thapar N, Burns AJ, Seri M, Stanghellini V, De Giorgio R. Genetics of human enteric neuropathies. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 96:176-89. [PMID: 22266104 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Knowledge of molecular mechanisms that underlie development of the enteric nervous system has greatly expanded in recent decades. Enteric neuropathies related to aberrant genetic development are thus becoming increasingly recognized. There has been no recent review of these often highly morbid disorders. This review highlights advances in knowledge of the molecular pathogenesis of these disorders from a clinical perspective. It includes diseases characterized by an infantile aganglionic Hirschsprung phenotype and those in which structural abnormalities are less pronounced. The implications for diagnosis, screening and possible reparative approaches are presented.
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- Emanuele Panza
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Cogliandro RF, Antonucci A, De Giorgio R, Barbara G, Cremon C, Cogliandro L, Frisoni C, Pezzilli R, Morselli-Labate AM, Corinaldesi R, Stanghellini V. Patient-reported outcomes and gut dysmotility in functional gastrointestinal disorders. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011; 23:1084-91. [PMID: 21917083 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unlike chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP), severe digestive syndromes that are not characterized by episodes resembling mechanical obstruction remain poorly characterized. The present study compared clinical features, small bowel motility, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with CIIP or severe functional gastrointestinal disorders (SFGID), compared to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS We enrolled 215 consecutive patients: 70 CIIP, 110 malnourished SFGID [body mass index (BMI) 17.8±1.8kg m(-2) ] and 35 non-malnourished SFGID (BMI 22.8±3.6kgm(-2) ). KEY RESULTS Abnormal motor patterns that fulfilled diagnostic criteria for small bowel dysmotility were virtually absent in IBS patients, but were recorded in69 CIIP patients (98.6%), 82 malnourished SFGID patients (74.5%;), and 23 SFGID patients without malnutrition (65.7%) (P<0.0001). CIIP patients presented more frequently abnormal activity fronts, lack of response to feeding, and hypomotility than malnourished and non-malnourished SFGID patients (61.4%vs 42.7% and 31.4%, P<0.05 only vs non-malnourished SFGID; 8.6%vs 0.9% and 2.9%; 21.4%vs 0.9% and 0%, P<0.05). Quality of life mean scores were all significantly lower in CIIP patients and malnourished SFGID patients than in IBS. Bodily pain, general health, and vitality scores were lower in CIIP also compared to non-malnourished SFGID. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and SFGIDs are frequently associated with small bowel dysmotility and marked derangements of QoL which are significantly more severe than in IBS and result particularly in being severe in patients with recurrent sub occlusive episodes or inability to maintain a normal body weight.
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- R F Cogliandro
- Department of Clinical Medicine, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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Three-generation familial visceral myopathy with alpha-actin-positive inclusion bodies in intestinal smooth muscle. J Clin Gastroenterol 2009; 43:437-43. [PMID: 19098683 DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e31817d3f84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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We report the clinical and histopathologic findings of a family with 7 affected members in 3 generations suffering from autosomal dominant visceral myopathy. All patients presented with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction affecting especially the entire small bowel. Histologic abnormalities involved intestinal smooth muscle, with degeneration and fibrosis of the muscularis propria. In addition, the inner circular layer of the muscularis propria contained alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive and, in more advanced disease, also periodic acid-Schiff-positive inclusion bodies. The inclusions were invisible in routine hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections, but were visible in immunohistochemical stainings for alpha-smooth muscle actin. No abnormality was evident in muscularis mucosae or in blood vessels, and the findings remained unidentified in mucosal biopsy specimens. To our knowledge, this is the first reported alpha-actin-positive inclusion body finding in familial visceral myopathy.
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Youssef H, Rashid SH, Cellador EC, Baragwanath P. Small bowel volvulus in a patient with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. BMJ Case Rep 2009; 2009:bcr11.2008.1266. [PMID: 21686383 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) is a rare syndrome of ineffectual gut motility associated with clinical, endoscopic and radiological exclusion of mechanical causes, as well as evidence of air-fluid levels in distended bowel loops. A case of small bowel volvulus in a patient with an established diagnosis of CIIP is presented. The case is illustrated by images of operative findings and computed tomography scan reconstruction, showing the classical appearances of small bowel volvulus. The patient recovered well after surgery and is maintained on parenteral nutrition. CIIP is a heterogeneous disorder in which the primary aims of management are nutrition, pain control and the avoidance of unnecessary repeated laparotomies. However, even in the presence of an established diagnosis of CIIP, surgeons should be vigilant to the possibility that an operable mechanical obstruction may still occur.
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- Haney Youssef
- Department of General Surgery, New Cross Hospital, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK
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Merlin A, Soyer P, Boudiaf M, Hamzi L, Rymer R. Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in adult patients: multidetector row helical CT features. Eur Radiol 2008; 18:1587-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0913-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ito T, Kimura T, Yagami T, Maeda N, Komura M, Ohnishi N, Fujita N, Arai K, Tomioka H, Miyatake S, Kobayashi K. Megacolon in an adult case of hypoganglionosis, a pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease: an autopsy study. Intern Med 2008; 47:421-5. [PMID: 18310975 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We report an autopsied 20-year-old man case of intestinal necrosis associated with megacolon from hypoganglionosis, a pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease. The patient had suffered from severe constipation since two years of age, and presented abdominal distention from age ten. Autopsy revealed marked dilatation and necrosis of the entire large intestine. Although ganglion cells in the intestinal plexus were found throughout the large intestine, their number was reduced to 12-20% of that in the normal control. In pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease, there are occasional cases where an acute abdomen first presents itself in adulthood after running its course as chronic constipation.
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- Takeshi Ito
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital.
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Lemos CRDR, Popoutchi P, Parra RS, Féres O, da Rocha JJR. Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction treated with jejunostomy: case report and literature review. SAO PAULO MED J 2007; 125:356-358. [PMID: 18317608 PMCID: PMC11020568 DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000600011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2006] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a very rare condition. CASE REPORT This study describes a male patient who had presented obstructive symptoms for 24 years. He had been treated clinically and had undergone two previous operations in different services, with no clinical improvement or correct diagnosis. He was diagnosed with intestinal obstruction without mechanical factors in our service and underwent jejunostomy, which had a significant decompressive effect. The patient was able to gain weight and presented improvements in laboratory tests. Jejunostomy is a relatively simple surgical procedure that is considered palliative but, in this case, it was resolutive.
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- Carlos Renato dos Reis Lemos
- Discipline of Proctology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Proctology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Proctology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Proctology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Discipline of Proctology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Sutton DH, Harrell SP, Wo JM. Diagnosis and management of adult patients with chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction. Nutr Clin Pract 2006; 21:16-22. [PMID: 16439766 DOI: 10.1177/011542650602100116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (CIP) is a motility syndrome that presents with symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction and radiographic evidence of dilated bowels, but no anatomic obstruction can be found. It primarily is a disorder of small bowel motility, but it can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. This review will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with CIP. The clinical presentation of CIP is variable, and its incidence is rare. It is a disorder with a multitude of etiologies, many of which are poorly understood. To properly manage the patient, clinicians should be aware of the various symptoms, signs, and systemic diseases that are associated with CIP. Diagnostic studies are needed to confirm the diagnosis, identify the etiology, and search for coexisting motility dysfunction. The management goals of CIP are to restore proper nutrition and fluid balance, relieve symptoms, improve intestinal motility, and treat complications.
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- Dwight H Sutton
- Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 550 S. Jackson Street, ACB 3 floor, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Stanghellini V, Cogliandro RF, De Giorgio R, Barbara G, Morselli-Labate AM, Cogliandro L, Corinaldesi R. Natural history of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in adults: a single center study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 3:449-58. [PMID: 15880314 DOI: 10.1016/s1542-3565(04)00675-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) is a rare disease characterized by episodes resembling mechanical obstruction in the absence of organic, systemic, or metabolic disorders. Intestinal motor abnormalities have long been identified in CIIP patients. Little is known of the natural history of the disease in adults. This study evaluated the clinical course of CIIP over time. METHODS Fifty-nine consecutive CIIP patients without underlying collagen, vascular diseases, or mitochondrial cytopathies were evaluated between 1985 and 2001. Family history, onset of digestive symptoms, previous surgeries, episodes suggestive of subacute intestinal obstruction, digestive symptoms, body mass index, and feeding habits were recorded. Small bowel manometry was performed by a perfusion technique, and abnormal motor patterns were visually identified. Full-thickness biopsies were available in 11 cases and were processed for immunohistochemical analysis of myogenic and neurogenic components of the gut wall. RESULTS Patients were prospectively followed up for a median of 4.6 years (range, 1-13 years). Diagnosis was often made several years after symptom onset (median, 8 years). Thus, the majority of patients (88%) underwent useless and potentially dangerous surgeries (mean, 2.96 per patient). Manometry invariably showed abnormal motor patterns. Pathologic findings included neuropathies in all investigated cases and abnormalities of interstitial cells of Cajal in 5 of 11 cases. Long-term outcome was generally poor despite surgical and medical therapies; 4 patients died of disease-related complications, 4 underwent small bowel transplantation, almost one third required long-term home parenteral nutrition, and two thirds had some sort of nutritional limitations. CONCLUSIONS CIIP is a severe, often unrecognized disease characterized by disabling and potentially life-threatening complications over time.
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) has been defined as a rare and severe, disabling disorder, which is characterised by recurring episodes or continuous symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction, including radiological features of obstruction. It is suggested that the diagnosis should be broadened to include patients with severe gastrointestinal symptoms who do not have radiological features of obstruction but who have manometric features of CIP and/or have demonstrable end organ list of pathological features described in CIP. A case of pseudo-pseudo-obstruction is described in this issue of the Journal. Originally the patient was thought to have CIP, and a mechanical cause of obstruction was suspected based on small intestine manometric features, suggesting a distal mechanical obstruction and a worsening of symptoms when treated with a prokinetic agent. As patients with CIP can develop mechanical obstruction and episodes of mechanical obstruction can mimic CIP, small intestine manometry and trials of prokinetic therapy should be undertaken in all difficult cases of obstruction and particularly in patients with documented CIP.
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- D B A Silk
- Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS, UK
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Jain D, Moussa K, Tandon M, Culpepper-Morgan J, Proctor DD. Role of interstitial cells of Cajal in motility disorders of the bowel. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98:618-24. [PMID: 12650797 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is characterized by the failure of the intestinal tract to propel its contents appropriately. This leads to signs and symptoms of bowel obstruction and, in the absence of an associated systemic disorder or the administration of drugs known to result in bowel dysmotility, is termed chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP). Histopathologically, patients with CIIP can be characterized as having either myopathic or neuropathic forms, but the large majority of patients do not show any specific histological changes. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) have been shown to be the pacemaker cells of the bowel and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of CIIP. The aim of this study was to compare the number and distribution patterns of c-kit+ ICC in CIIP in patients with mechanical bowel obstruction, other bowel motility disorders, and normal controls. METHODS Six patients with CIIP, six age-matched normal controls, nine patients with mechanical bowel obstruction, and 18 patients with other motility disorders (non-CIIP), including 10 with secondary intestinal pseudo-obstruction, were studied. Toluidine blue, Masson's trichrome, and S-100 immunostaining were performed in all subjects. The ICC were identified by an indirect immunoperoxidase method using a polyclonal c-kit antibody. RESULTS All six patients with CIIP showed total absence of c-kit+ ICC. A subject with neonatal meconium ileus in the non-CIIP group showed patchy areas devoid of c-kit+ ICC amid normal areas. The c-kit+ ICC had a normal number and distribution pattern in all patients with mechanical obstruction and in the remaining 17 non-CIIP subjects. CONCLUSIONS It seems that CIIP is characterized by a total loss of c-kit+ ICC. ICC may play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of CIIP and transient neonatal meconium syndrome, and staining for c-kit receptor may be very useful in the evaluation of motility disorders of the bowel.
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- Dhanpat Jain
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Program in Gastrointestinal Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Chaudhry V, Umapathi T, Ravich WJ. Neuromuscular diseases and disorders of the alimentary system. Muscle Nerve 2002; 25:768-84. [PMID: 12115965 DOI: 10.1002/mus.10089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review outlines the relationship and interaction between neuromuscular diseases and disorders of the alimentary system. Neuromuscular manifestations of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases are first considered. Such diseases may cause neuromuscular disorders by leading to nutritional deficiency or by more direct mechanisms. The pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatment of these various neuromuscular manifestations are discussed. The impact of disorders of nerve, neuromuscular transmission, and muscle on the alimentary system is then reviewed. The main sequelae are impaired deglutition and gastrointestinal dysmotility. The management of these complications is considered.
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- Vinay Chaudhry
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 6-119, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
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Lescher TJ, Teegarden DK, Pruitt BA. Acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon in thermally injured patients. Dis Colon Rectum 2001; 21:618-22. [PMID: 738177 DOI: 10.1007/bf02586410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Haftel LT, Lev D, Barash V, Gutman A, Bujanover Y, Lerman-Sagie T. Familial mitochondrial intestinal pseudo-obstruction and neurogenic bladder. J Child Neurol 2000; 15:386-9. [PMID: 10868781 DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Intestinal dysmotility and neurogenic bladder have been described as part of two autosomal-recessive mitochondrial disorders assumed to be due to a defect in communication between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes: myoneurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE) and diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness (Wolfram syndrome). Partial cytochrome c oxidase deficiency has been described in both. We describe three Ashkenazi Jewish siblings with progressive intestinal dysmotility, neurogenic bladder, and autonomic manifestations but no central nervous system involvement. Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency was demonstrated in peripheral and multiple intestinal muscle biopsies. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of an intestinal biopsy of patient 1 showed heteroplasmy consisting of a normal 16.5-kb band and an approximately 28-kb band, suggestive of a duplication. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a muscle biopsy of patient 2 showed multiple deletions, mainly 10- and 11-kb bands. We suggest that this unique combination of intestinal pseudo-obstruction and neurogenic bladder could comprise a new autosomal-recessive mitochondrial disorder.
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- L T Haftel
- Pediatrics Department, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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- C Di Lorenzo
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Khurana RK, Schuster MM. Autonomic dysfunction in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Clin Auton Res 1998; 8:335-40. [PMID: 9869551 DOI: 10.1007/bf02309624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fifteen tests were used to assess adrenergic, non-vagal cholinergic, and cardiovagal functions in 11 patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP). The three aims of this study were: 1) to ascertain the presence of and spectrum of autonomic involvement; 2) to assess the level of autonomic dysfunction; and 3) to compare the results of autonomic function tests with gastrointestinal motility patterns. Gastrointestinal motility displayed a neuropathic pattern in 10 patients. Adrenergic functions were abnormal in nine patients and non-vagal cholinergic functions in 10 patients. Cardiovagal functions were abnormal in only seven patients. The autonomic dysfunction was localized mostly to the postganglionic pathways. One patient, who had a myopathic pattern and muscle degeneration on small bowel biopsy, demonstrated normal responses to autonomic function tests. The patients with neuropathic CIP demonstrated widespread, mostly postganglionic autonomic dysfunction. Neuropathic CIP can occur with or without cardiovagal involvement.
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- R K Khurana
- The Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Sartoretti C, Sartoretti S, DeLorenzi D, Buchmann P. Intestinal non-rotation and pseudoobstruction in myotonic dystrophy: case report and review of the literature. Int J Colorectal Dis 1996; 11:10-4. [PMID: 8919334 DOI: 10.1007/bf00418848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Myotonic dystrophy is an autosomal dominant inherited disease of the skeletal and cardiac musculature that involves the pharyngeal and gastrointestinal smooth and striated muscles, resulting in velopharyngeal insufficiency, Swallowing difficulties, gastrointestinal motility disorders and anal incontinence. Gastrointestinal symptoms are found in a large proportion of patients suffering from this disease and may herald the onset of muscular disorders, in rare cases they are even the predominant feature of the disorder. We report on a 31-years-old patient with formerly undiagnosed myotonic dystrophy in combination with a non-rotation of the intestinal tract, an association of disorders that to our knowledge never has been reported before. Our patient was admitted as an emergency with signs of an acute abdomen with ileus, associated with acute aspiration pneumonia. Surgical intervention was avoided once the diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy had been confirmed and the patient was treated successfully by conservative therapy. A review of the literature indicates that conservative treatment of motility disorders of the bowel in patients with myotonic dystrophy is to be recommended.
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- C Sartoretti
- Department of Surgery, Stadtspital Waid, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mushiake S, Nakayama M, Imura K, Harada T, Okada S, Tohyama M. Two-dimensional demonstration of myenteric nerve plexus: application for pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 1994; 29:1479-82. [PMID: 7844726 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The use of two-dimensional demonstration of myenteric nerve plexus for the morphological estimation of pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease is introduced. By fluorescent immunohistochemistry for S-100 protein on flat-mounted frozen sections, a decrease in the amount of ganglionic plexuses in the small intestinal segments in cases of pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease was able to be distinguished from normoganglionic plexuses in control cases. Moreover, a morphological difference between the two types of cases was clearly demonstrated. This method may be an indispensable tool in the reliable diagnosis of pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease.
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- S Mushiake
- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- S Ghosh
- Gastrointestinal Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Toyosaka A, Okamoto E, Okasora T, Nose K, Tomimoto Y. Clinical, laboratory and prognostic features of congenital large intestinal motor dysfunction (pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease). Clin Auton Res 1993; 3:243-8. [PMID: 8292879 DOI: 10.1007/bf01829013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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One hundred and forty-eight cases of congenital large intestinal motor dysfunction (pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease) were reported by members of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons during the past 20 years. The disorder was defined as a congenital, non-mechanical obstruction of the intestine with the presence of intramural ganglia in the terminal rectum. Intramural ganglia were abnormal in 77 cases, normal in 42, and could not be determined in 29. Of those with abnormal intramural ganglia, 54 had immature ganglia or hypoganglionosis (oligoganglionosis), 15 had neuronal intestinal dysplasia, and eight had a segmental anomaly. Of those with a normal myenteric plexus, 22 had chronic and twelve had suspected idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome; eight had megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. While cases with both hypoganglionosis and normal intramural ganglia had normal acetylcholine esterase activity, a significantly greater number of patients with hypoganglionosis lacked normal rectoanal reflexes. Patients with hypoganglionosis, chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome, and megalocystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome had poor prognoses with an overall mortality of 36.9%. These findings indicate that congenital large intestinal motor dysfunction remains a serious disease of childhood.
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- A Toyosaka
- First Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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AbstractTwo individuals, a father and son with idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IIPO), a familial visceral neuropathy, and major depressive illness are presented. In both the bowel symptoms preceded the onset of the depressive illness – the bowel symptoms presenting in mid-adolescence and the depressive illness presenting in middle age. Both patients required numerous laparotomies and both were treated with a series of ECTs. Both developed vitamin B12deficiency anaemia and other evidence of malabsorption. At post-mortem both patients showed evidence of distension of the small bowel with volvulus. An extensive pedigree of both conditions overlapping in two inter-related families now extending to the fourth generation with 28 children under the age of 30 is described. Pending further investigation and genetic studies we postulate a possible common neurotransmitter pathology and recommend further neurochemical and histopathological studies of the myenteric plexus in IIPO. Furthermore, the genetic locus of familial IIPO might provide a genetic marker for some forms of primary affective disorder.
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Allescher HD, Safrany L, Neuhaus H, Feussner H, Classen M. Aerobilia and hypomotility of the sphincter of Oddi in a patient with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Gastroenterology 1992; 102:1782-7. [PMID: 1568590 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91744-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A 50-year-old woman with a typical history of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction was admitted to hospital because of an acute episode of abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. The diagnosis of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction had been established in this patient who had malnutrition and extreme weight loss as a result of severe malabsorption syndrome. The abdominal roentgenogram showed a typical hypotonic intestine with an enlarged stomach and distended intestinal loops with the radiological signs of an ileus. In addition to former episodes, there was also a transient aerobilia. The patient had not undergone biliary surgery or endoscopic sphincterotomy. To investigate the cause of the findings, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic manometry of the sphincter of Oddi were performed. The endoscopy showed the stomach and duodenum with a wide and dilated lumen and no spontaneous motility. Endoscopic manometry of the biliary tract and the sphincter of Oddi showed several abnormalities compared with a group of normal volunteers or patients who were examined via biliary manometry for other reasons. There was a low basal pressure (3.5 mm Hg) in the sphincter of Oddi together with low-amplitude phasic contractions (25-30 mm Hg), but the contraction frequency was in the normal range. Further investigations of the motility of the gastrointestinal tract in this patient showed diffuse esophageal spasms and a markedly delayed gastric emptying. The findings of biliary manometry in this patient suggest involvement of the sphincter of Oddi and the biliary system in chronic idiopathic pseudo-obstruction.
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- H D Allescher
- II Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Simon LT, Horoupian DS, Dorfman LJ, Marks M, Herrick MK, Wasserstein P, Smith ME. Polyneuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, leukoencephalopathy, and intestinal pseudo-obstruction: POLIP syndrome. Ann Neurol 1990; 28:349-60. [PMID: 2173474 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410280308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We describe 5 individuals (from three separate families) with a progressive neurological disorder characterized by sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy, cranial neuropathies (external ophthalmoplegia, deafness), and the syndrome of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Magnetic resonance imaging showed widespread abnormality of the cerebral and cerebellar white matter in the 2 patients studied. Autopsy examination in 3 revealed widespread endoneurial fibrosis and demyelination in the peripheral nervous system, possibly secondary to axonal atrophy, and poorly defined changes in cerebral white matter (leukoencephalopathy). The cranial nerves and spinal roots were less severely involved and the neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord were intact. The fatal gastrointestinal dysmotility was due to a severe visceral neuropathy. We suggest that these patients manifested a hereditary disorder with distinctive clinical, radiological, and neuropathological features, and propose the acronym POLIP to emphasize the distinctive tetrad of polyneuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, leukoencephalopathy, and intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
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- L T Simon
- Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare syndrome characterized by recurrent episodes of small bowel obstruction without evidence of a structural obstructing lesion. The two pathophysiologic types of this motility disorder are myopathic and neuropathic. The latter may affect extrinsic or intrinsic neural control of gut motility. Diagnosis is based on (1) recognition of the clinical syndrome and exclusion of mechanical obstruction by endoscopy, radiologic studies, or laparotomy and (2) manometric studies of the stomach and small bowel. Full-thickness biopsy specimens for histologic analysis may not be essential for the diagnosis in the future. The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies. Prokinetic medications, surgical excision in cases of localized disease, and parenteral nutrition are frequently necessary. Management is difficult because of the lack of efficacious medications, extension of the disease to other regions, and complications of central parenteral nutrition. Prokinetic agents, venting enterostomies for relief of symptoms, and enteral supplementation are being evaluated in this intractable and serious condition.
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- L J Colemont
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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Schuster R, Ferenci P, Schmidbauer M, Lassmann G, Kiss A, Frotz S, Gangl A. Intestinal neuronal degeneration in a patient with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction. Dig Dis Sci 1989; 34:123-128. [PMID: 2910669 DOI: 10.1007/bf01536166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Neuropathological examination of the gut in a patient with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction and temporal lobe epilepsy showed a degeneration of Auerbach's and of Meissner's plexus. The extent of generative changes increased in an aboral to oral direction. Neuronal degeneration was characterized by ballooning of the cytoplasm of the ganglial cells, by a hyperargyrophilia, a shortening and dilation of cell processes, and a progressive fragmentation and loss of axons. In rectal biopsies, a PAS-positive granular material was detected in the cytoplasm of ballooned ganglial cells. A severe peripheral neuropathy with fiber degeneration in the posterior columns and axonal lesions within ventral nerve roots and a more recent fiber degeneration in the lateral columns corresponding to the picture of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord and a symmetrical Ammon's horn sclerosis was present. This case of progressive intestinal neuronal degeneration of unknown origin is a newly described condition leading to chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction.
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- R Schuster
- First Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Vienna, Austria
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Daum R, Nützenadel W, Roth H, Zachariou Z. Motility malfunction of the gastrointestinal tract by rare diseases--fibrosis of the intestinal wall. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC SURGERY 1989; 24:193-201. [PMID: 2513604 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74493-8_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report on two children who were admitted with chronic ileus without mechanical obstruction. In the 4-month-old female newborn, high-dose radiation was applied after extirpation of a sympathicoblastoma. Within a few years a metaplasia of the muscle coat of the small intestine developed with a resulting malabsorption syndrome. Although the damaged part of the intestine was resected, the process progressed and the child died. In the second case, a chronic ileus developed at the age of 10 years as a result of fibrosis of the intestinal tract. Repeated laparotomies were performed, and no mechanical obstruction could be found. The most probable diagnosis is a form of scleroderma affecting mainly the alimentary tract without any skin involvement. The patient died in a severe cachexia.
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- R Daum
- Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, University of Heidelberg, FRG
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Esophageal motility disorders consist of a complex array of disturbances in normal esophageal function associated with dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux, and noncardiac chest pain. A thorough knowledge of normal esophageal anatomy and physiology is important to a full understanding of these motility derangements. Through a complicated interaction of neuromuscular and hormonal influences, the voluntary act of swallowing transforms into an automated sequence of peristaltic waves propelling food and liquids into the stomach in concert with coordinated relaxation of the sphincters. Anatomic and physiologic barriers exist within the esophagus protecting against gastroesophageal reflux and aspiration. With improvements in diagnostic tools such as barium contrast radiography, scintigraphy, pH measurements, and esophageal manometrics with provocative testing, motility disorders have become better defined and understood. Primary motility disorders consist of achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm (DES), "nutcracker esophagus," hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter, and nonspecific esophageal motility dysfunction (NEMD). A host of secondary and miscellaneous motility disorders also affect the esophagus, including scleroderma and other connective tissue diseases, diabetes mellitus, Chagas' disease, chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and neuromuscular disorders of striated muscle. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may also be promoted by associated motility disturbances. Treatment modalities include surgical myotomy; dilatation; and pharmacologic manipulations, including use of nitrates, calcium-channel blockers, H2-blockers, and psychotropic drugs where appropriate.
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- J B Nelson
- Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Alstead EM, Murphy MN, Flanagan AM, Bishop AE, Hodgson HJ. Familial autonomic visceral myopathy with degeneration of muscularis mucosae. J Clin Pathol 1988; 41:424-9. [PMID: 3366929 PMCID: PMC1141469 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.41.4.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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An extended family with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction which affected 11 of 54 members was studied. Patients presented with recurrent intestinal obstruction in childhood or adolescence: eight of the 11 died before the age of 30. Pedigree analysis showed four consanguineous marriages. The patients were all in the fifth generation and had established an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Histological, immunocytochemical, and electron microscopic studies were performed on a colectomy specimen from a surviving affected family member. Familial visceral myopathy was diagnosed--characterised by degeneration and collagenous replacement of both layers of the muscularis propria and the muscularis mucosae.
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- E M Alstead
- Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London
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Stanghellini V, Corinaldesi R, Barbara L. Pseudo-obstruction syndromes. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 1988; 2:225-54. [PMID: 3289641 PMCID: PMC7135556 DOI: 10.1016/0950-3528(88)90029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by symptoms and signs of intestinal occlusion, in absence of any mechanical obstruction of the gut lumen. It causes impaired transit of intestinal contents and is determined by abnormalities of motor activity. The term CIP is used to indicate a heterogeneous group of disorders with many different pathogenic mechanisms. The defect in the regulation of intestinal transit can be at any level of motility control. Two main types of CIP are recognized, termed respectively myogenic (when smooth muscle cells are affected) and neurogenic (caused by abnormalities of extrinsic and/or intrinsic nervous supplies). Both types may be secondary to a variety of recognizable diseases or idiopathic. In myogenic CIP, intestinal transit is impaired because of lack of propulsive strength; in the neurogenic form, contractions are powerful but not sufficiently co-ordinated to propel intestinal contents aborally in an organized fashion. CIP belongs to the large and loosely defined group of digestive functional disorders. These disorders probably share common pathogenic mechanisms but with different expressiveness. The reasons why only some patients present recurrent symptomatological bouts resembling mechanical occlusion has not been clarified. This aspect is of great clinical relevance and deserves attention, as CIP patients, unlike other patients with severe functional disorders, may undergo repeated, useless and potentially dangerous operations. The diagnosis of CIP may be suggested by clinical features and is based on radiological, endoscopic, manometric, and histological findings. Recent technological improvements facilitate the recognition of this intriguing syndrome. In particular, manometric recording of the small bowel motility, which has long been considered an important research technique, can now also be regarded as a useful diagnostic tool.
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Mayer EA, Elashoff J, Hawkins R, Berquist W, Taylor IL. Gastric emptying of mixed solid-liquid meal in patients with intestinal pseudoobstruction. Dig Dis Sci 1988; 33:10-8. [PMID: 3338351 DOI: 10.1007/bf01536624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gastric emptying of solids and liquids was evaluated simultaneously in 11 patients with intestinal pseudoobstruction. Despite a normal upper gastrointestinal series in most patients, over two thirds of the patients had abnormal gastric emptying of solids and/or liquids. Half these patients exhibited delayed emptying of solids and accelerated emptying of liquids. Alterations in motility patterns were observed in the four patients tested including decreased frequency or absence of migrating motor complexes originating in the stomach, shortening or absence of phase I, and loss of distinct fasted and fed patterns. Both basal values and mean postprandial increments in serum gastrin concentrations were lower in the patients, whereas no significant difference was found for pancreatic polypeptide concentrations when compared to normals. Our findings emphasize the functional heterogeneity of patients with intestinal pseudoobstruction. In addition, in contrast to previous reports which used barium meals to access gastric function, we observed a high prevalence of gastric emptying disturbances in these patients, suggesting that the motility disturbance is not restricted to the small intestine.
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- E A Mayer
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
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Cheng SC, Sanderson CR, Way NJ, Yoong PM. Familial idiopathic megaduodenum. THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1987; 57:879-82. [PMID: 3439932 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Familial idiopathic megaduodenum is an uncommon condition which may be associated with other visceral abnormalities. Antineuronal antibody directed against guinea-pig skeletal muscle was found in one member of the family suffering from megaduodenum, in whom degeneration of the Auerbach's and Meissner's plexuses was documented. The significance of this finding is unclear. Management of the complaint is problematic. Despite shortcomings of surgical treatment, surgery nevertheless has an important role to play when medical treatments fail.
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- S C Cheng
- Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
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Faber J, Fich A, Steinberg A, Steiner I, Granot E, Alon I, Rachmilevitz D, Freier S, Gilai A. Familial intestinal pseudoobstruction dominated by a progressive neurologic disease at a young age. Gastroenterology 1987; 92:786-90. [PMID: 3028897 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(87)90033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chronic neuropathic intestinal pseudoobstruction is a rare entity, characterized by recurrent episodes of bowel obstruction without a mechanical obstructive cause. We report five members of two Jewish-Iranian families in whom chronic neuropathic intestinal pseudoobstruction was associated with an identical and unique progressive severe neuronal disease. It appeared within the first two decades of life. The disease consisted of external ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, and severe sensory and motor peripheral neuropathy. Three patients also had neuronal hearing loss. There was no evidence of central nervous system involvement and all patients were mentally intact. The combined disease was confirmed by radiologic, electrophysiologic, and histologic studies. Specific nutritional deficiencies, toxic elements, and systemic diseases affecting both the gastrointestinal tract and the nervous system were ruled out. It seems that these patients suffer from an autosomal recessive, presently unrecognized variant, of chronic neuropathic intestinal pseudoobstruction. In a patient with severe peripheral neuropathy of unknown etiology associated with symptoms suggestive of intestinal obstruction, the possibility of chronic neuropathic intestinal pseudoobstruction has to be considered.
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The major host defense mechanisms against bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel are the normal propulsive activity of the bowel itself and gastric acid secretion. Microbial interactions are a major factor in regulating the indigenous bacterial flora. Studies of the bacterial enzymes of the gut suggest that changes in diet may lead to marked changes in the colonic flora. Antibiotics affect the composition of the colonic microflora. The microflora also influence the degradation of mucin, the conversion of urobilin to urobilinogen, of cholesterol to coprostanol, and the production of short chain fatty acids. Current interests are focused on the bacterial flora of tropical sprue, the role of bacteria in colorectal cancer, and the involvement of intestinal microflora in the enterohepatic circulation of sex steroid hormones.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 43-1985. A 70-year-old man with diarrhea, weight loss, and recurrent atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med 1985; 313:1070-9. [PMID: 3930962 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198510243131708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Familial visceral myopathy is a form of chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction in which fibrosis of the smooth muscle of the alimentary tract causes protean symptoms of disordered visceral motility. Based on our 8 year observation of six members of one family with familial visceral myopathy and review of the few well-documented case reports of this disease, we have confirmed a role for surgeons in tissue diagnosis, case identification, and palliation of incapacitating symptoms of familial visceral myopathy after obtaining dynamic radiographic assessment of the entire alimentary canal. Because the duodenum and colon are the usual sources of major dysmotility symptoms, patients incapacitated by duodenal or colonic pseudoobstruction may benefit from bypass or resective operations.
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Smout AJ, De Wilde K, Kooyman CD, Ten Thije OJ. Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction. Coexistence of smooth muscle and neuronal abnormalities. Dig Dis Sci 1985; 30:282-7. [PMID: 3838274 DOI: 10.1007/bf01347898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Eaves ER, Schmidt GT. Chronic idiopathic megaduodenum in a family. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1985; 15:1-6. [PMID: 3859257 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb02720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This paper reports a family in which idiopathic megaduodenum occurred. The index case was a 17 year old male with lifelong steatorrhea, episodic vomiting of food consumed days before, offensive belching, and recurrent abdominal pain and distention. The diagnosis was made by a barium meal examination, but only after a failed small bowel biopsy suggested some anatomical abnormality. Direct questioning about family members then revealed that his father, aged 43 years, had similar symptoms and a subsequent barium meal confirmed the diagnosis. Screening of the family revealed megaduodenum in the 20 year old sister who was totally asymptomatic and had normal fecal fat levels but an abnormal breath test. The remainder of the family members were asymptomatic and had normal radiology. This family, in which idiopathic megaduodenum occurred in three of six members, is reported because it illustrates some of the features of idiopathic megaduodenum and chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. It also demonstrates the need to investigate the families of apparent sporadic cases. Such investigation may uncover additional symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals who may be presenting diagnostic difficulty, and who, by virtue of an early diagnosis, may be spared unnecessary surgery.
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