• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.241-245
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• 2024

A 12-year-old spayed female dog presented with vomiting and anorexia for four days. Radiographic examination revealed that the small intestines were distended with fecal material. Ultrasound examination showed irregular marginated material with moderate shadowing throughout several segments of the small intestines. Proximal to this intestinal material, small intestines were distended with fluid. The patient underwent one-day of hospitalization, and descent of small bowel fecal materials (SBFMs) was confirmed on radiographs. However, surgical removal was performed due to worsening clinical signs and echogenic changes in the mesentery observed on ultrasound. During surgery, intestinal congestion was observed along with congestion and edema in the surrounding mesentery. Two segments of the small intestines were resected, and feces were found within the resected segments. The patient showed rapid recovery postoperatively and experienced no recurrence. SBFM can induce mechanical intestinal obstruction, and if radiographic evidence of SBFM is observed in patients with vomiting, surgical resection would be considered.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.99-103
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• 1999

저자들은 출생 후부터 1년에 수 회 반복되는 담즙이 포함된 사출성 구토가 있었던 9세 여아에서 발견된 십이지장 격막과 동반된 장이상회전 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이며, 장의 완전 폐쇄가 아닌 경우에는 년장아에서도 선천성 장폐쇄의 소견이 나타날 수 있으므로 구토가 심하게 반복되는 경우에는 항상 주의깊게 감별진단해야 한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2009

장 폐색의 증상 및 징후가 있는 폐암 환자에서는 원인에 대한 신속하고 적절한 규명이 중요한데 이는 장 폐색의 원인에 따라 치료 방침이 달라지고, 종종 더욱 심한 합병증을 예방하기 위해 응급수술이 필요한 경우도 있기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 폐암과 동반하여 각기 다른 원인에 의한 장 폐색이 있었던 두 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 첫 번째는 폐암 치료 중 발생한 10 kg의 급격한 체중감소가 있었던 57세 남자로 반복되는 답즙성 구토를 주소로 내원하였다. 전이성 병변은 발견되지 않았으나 전산화단층촬영 및 상부위장관조영술에서 십이지장 제3부의 폐색이 보여 상장간막 동맥 증후군으로 진단되었다. 두 번째 증례는 68세 남자로 3년 전 폐암으로 수술 및 보조항암화학치료를 받았으나 재발하여 경과를 관찰 중이던 환자로 오심, 구토 및 복통으로 내원하였는데 검사 결과 소장 전이로 인한 장 폐색으로 진단되어 수술적 치료를 시행하였다. 폐암 환자에서 장 폐색이 의심될 때 그 원인이 될 수 있는 여러 가능성들을 항상 염두에 두고 진단 및 치료 방침을 세워야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• The Korean Journal of Medicine
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• 제99권4호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2024

Benign small bowel strictures can occur in association with various conditions, including small bowel Crohn's disease, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced enteritis, ischemic enteritis, intestinal tuberculosis, radiation enteritis, postoperative adhesions, and anastomotic strictures. Benign small bowel strictures are classified into two categories, low-grade and high-grade. Low-grade small bowel strictures involve a partial reduction of the internal diameter of the small intestine, causing slight obstruction of the passage of food and digestive fluids without significant bowel obstruction symptoms. By contrast, high-grade small bowel strictures involve a severe narrowing of the intestinal lumen, leading to marked obstruction of the passage of food and digestive fluids and pronounced bowel obstruction symptoms. Small bowel strictures can be diagnosed using various methods, including abdominal plain radiography, abdominal computed tomography, computed tomography enterography, magnetic resonance enterography, balloon-assisted enteroscopy, and abdominal ultrasound. Each diagnostic method has unique advantages and disadvantages as well as differences in diagnostic specificity and sensitivity. Therefore, even if small bowel strictures are not observed using a single imaging technique, their presence cannot be completely excluded. A comprehensive diagnosis that combines clinical information from multiple diagnostic modalities is necessary. Therapeutic approaches for managing small bowel strictures include medical therapy, endoscopic balloon dilation using balloon-assisted enteroscopy, and surgical methods such as strictureplasty and segmental resection. Endoscopic balloon dilation, in particular, can help reduce complications associated with repeated surgeries for strictures.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2021

Purpose: Meconium obstruction of prematurity (MOP) predisposes premature infants to intestinal perforation and prolonged hospitalization if not diagnosed and treated promptly. A standard contrast enema is less effective to treat infants with distal ileal obstructions because the contrast may not reach the obstructed areas. In an effort to avoid risky surgery, we administered oral contrast media to seven clinically diagnosed patients with MOP whose obstructions were not relieved via conventional sonography-guided contrast enema. We retrospectively evaluated whether oral nonionic water-soluble contrast media relieves MOP. Methods: Seven of 67 premature infants with MOP were administered oral contrast media from June 2015 to January 2019. Patients were followed-up radiographically for bowel distention and evacuation of contrast media after oral administration. We recorded radiographic improvements, meconium evacuation, time to first feeding after oral contrast media administration, maternal history, and neonatal clinical factors. Results: We evaluated five male and two female infants. The median gestational ages and body weights at birth were 27⁺⁵ weeks and 890 g, respectively. Radiography in five infants revealed multiple distended intestinal loops without air-fluid interfaces. Two infants had gasless abdomens, in which only stomach gas was visible. Oral contrast media (median, 2.5 mL) were administered at a median age of 7 days; five infants (5/7, 71.4%) responded to this treatment. The remaining two infants, who had ileal stenosis and hypoganglionosis, were surgically managed. Five infants (5/7, 71.4%) had maternal risk factors, and two (28.6%) were small for gestational age. Conclusion: Nonionic oral water-soluble contrast medium can serve as a valuable adjunct treatment in premature infants with meconium obstruction.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.25-27
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• 2014

Patients treated with peritoneal dialysis have increased intra-abdominal pressure and a high prevalence of abdominal wall complications. Hernias can lead to significant morbidity in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Hernias are clinically important because of the risk of incarceration, strangulation and subsequent bowel obstruction, rupture, and peritonitis. In this paper, a case of incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel obstruction in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient is reported. The small bowel obstruction improved after herniorrhaphy, and the peritoneal dialysis was resumed 2 weeks after the herniorrhaphy. The patient had been undergoing CAPD without technical failure until the 2 months follow-up after the herniorrhaphy. This case shows that early detection of incarcerated umbilical hernia and herniorrhaphy can prevent resection of a strangulated small bowel so that it can remain on CAPD without post-operative technical failure. Umbilical hernias should be carefully observed and intestinal obstruction should be considered when a CAPD patient with an umbilical hernia has abdominal pain.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.655-659
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• 2008

전신 홍반 루푸스는 다양한 증상으로 발현되는 자가면역질환이다. 위장관 증상도 질환의 경과 중에 나타날 수 있으나, 장 가성 폐쇄로 처음 진단되는 경우는 소아에서 매우 드물다. 장 가성 폐쇄는 원발성 또는 속발성으로 장의 평활근이나 신경계에 이상이 있어 해부학적 원인 없이 장폐쇄의 증상과 징후가 나타나는 것이며, 장폐쇄로 인하여 수술을 하였다는 보고도 있다. 그러나 장 가성 폐쇄가 전신 홍반 루푸스에 속발한 경우 장간막 혈관의 폐쇄와 장괴사로 진행하기 전에 조기에 진단하고 치료하면 합병증을 예방하고 수술을 피할 수 있다. 저자들은 장 가성 폐쇄의 증상으로 내원한 13세 여아에서 전신 홍반 루푸스를 진단하여, 불필요한 수술을 피하고 조기에 치료한 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.424-433
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• 2024

Colonic stent placement is a commonly used bridging strategy for surgery in patients with obstructive colorectal cancer. The procedure involves the placement of a self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) across the obstructive lesion to restore intestinal patency and alleviate the symptoms of obstruction. By allowing patients to receive surgery in a planned and staged manner with time for preoperative optimization and bowel preparation, stent placement may reduce the need for emergency surgery, which is associated with higher complication rates and poorer outcomes. This review focuses on the role of colon stenting as a bridge to surgery in the management of obstructive colorectal cancer. SEMS as a bridge to surgery for left-sided colon cancer has been demonstrated to be particularly useful; however, further research is needed for its application in cases of right-sided colon cancer. Colon stent placement also has limitations and potential complications including stent migration, re-obstruction, and perforation. However, the timing of curative surgery after SEMS placement remains inconclusive. Considering the literature to date, performing surgery at an interval of approximately 2 weeks is considered appropriate. Therefore, colonic stent placement may be an effective strategy as a bridge to surgery in patients with obstructive colorectal cancer.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1998

Of 72 patients with vitelline duct and vessel remnants, 45 (62.5 %) had symptomatic lesions. The mean age of the patients was 27.9 months. Males predominated (4.6 : 1). There were 22 cases of Meckel's diverticulum, 6 of Meckel's diverticulum attatched to the umbilicus with a fibrous band, 6 cases of patent vitelline duct, 5 cases of vitelline artery remnants as a fibrous band and 2 cases each of umbilical sinus and polyp, and vitelline cyst. Twenty-three patients (51 %) presented with intestinal obstruction, 6(13 %) with rectal bleeding, 4(9 %) with perforated Meckel's diverticulum, 5 with intestinal juice drainage through umbilicus, 5 with umbilical lesions, 1 with abdominal mass, and 1 with sepsis. Intestinal obstruction due to fibrous band developed during infancy(average age; 4.6 months). Seventeen asymptomatic Meckel's diverticulum, 8 obliterated vitelline artery remnants and 1 vitelline vein remnant as fibrous band, and 1 vitelline cyst were found incidentally at laparotomy. About 82 % of the complicated Meckel's diverticulum presented in infants and children less than 4 years of age.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2002

Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is usually diagnosed in the newborn period and early infancy. The common presentation of HD in newborns consists of a history of delayed passage of meconium within the first 48 hours of life. The differential diagnosis in newborns is one of the clinical challenges of this disorder. A number of medical conditions which cause functional obstruction of the intestines are easily excluded. Neonates with meconium ileus, meconium plug syndrome, distal ileal atresia and low imperforate anus often present in a manner similar to those with HD in the first few days of life. Abdominal radiographs may help to diagnose complete obstruction such as intestinal atresia. Microcolon on contrast enema can be shown in cases with total colonic aganglionosis, ileal atresia or meconium ileus. Suction rectal biopsy or frozen section biopsy at operation is essential for differential diagnosis in such cases. HD is also considered in any child who has a history of constipation regardless of age. Older children with functional constipation may have symptoms that resemble those of HD and contrast enema is usually diagnostic. However, children with other motility disorders generally referred to as chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction present with very similar symptoms and radiographic findings. These disorders are classified according to their histologic characteristics.; visceral myopathy, visceral neuropathy, intestinal neuronal dysplasia (IND), hypoganglionosis, immature ganglia, internal sphincter achalasia. Therefore, the workup for motility disorders should include rectal biopsy not only to confirm the presence of ganglion cells but also evaluate the other pathologic conditions.