eMJA: Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) with Chilaiditi syndrome

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Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) with Chilaiditi syndrome

Shobhit Mathur, Om J Lakhani, Virsing P Hathila, Dipesh D Duttaroy, Anis S Vohra and Himesh R Chauhan

MJA 2008; 189 (1): 42

A 64-year-old man presented with abdominal distension and nausea, following 5 days of colicky abdominal pain and constipation. He had been taking antihypertensive and anti-asthma medication for 15 years. Clinically, generalised abdominal tenderness and guarding were present.

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