Chronic Intestinal Idiopathic Pseudo-obstruction (CIIPO) Complicated by Sigmoid Volvulus

Christos Konstantinidis^1,

¹Surgical Department, Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias str, Athens, Region of Attica, Greece

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Christos Konstantinidis. Chronic Intestinal Idiopathic Pseudo-obstruction (CIIPO) Complicated by Sigmoid Volvulus. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017; 5(1):22-24. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-5-1-6

Abstract

A 17-year-old male patient with chronic intestinal idiopathic pseudo-obstruction was admitted to the emergency department clinically deteriorated due to sigmoid volvulus. Initial resuscitative efforts followed by endoscopy failed to detorse and decompress the bowel. At the followed emergency laparotomy the volvulus was derotated and a Hartmann’s procedure with left hemicolectomy was performed. The patient after 3 months underwent stoma closure. At one-year follow-up the patient showed clinical improvement.

Keywords

constipation, megacolon, pseudo obstruction, sigmoid volvulus

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