Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: clinical features, diagnosis, and therapy
R De Giorgio, RF Cogliandro, G Barbara… - Gastroenterology …, 2011 - gastro.theclinics.com
Functional gastrointestinal disorders range from highly prevalent, but generally benign
conditions, eg, functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, to rare and potentially life-
threatening diseases, eg, intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndromes. The term “intestinal
pseudo-obstruction” was introduced in the late 1950s by Dudley and Colleagues who
reviewed their own series observed over the years of thirteen cases with intestinal
obstruction unexplained by any mechanical cause (notably, some of them originally referred …
conditions, eg, functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, to rare and potentially life-
threatening diseases, eg, intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndromes. The term “intestinal
pseudo-obstruction” was introduced in the late 1950s by Dudley and Colleagues who
reviewed their own series observed over the years of thirteen cases with intestinal
obstruction unexplained by any mechanical cause (notably, some of them originally referred …
