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ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Geoffrey Dow
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Obeidat Rawan A RA Alshwayyat Sakhr S Alshwayyat Tala T Abdulla Ahmad A Aljaafreh Almoutuz A Hanifa Hamdah H
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 20240830 10
<h4>Introduction</h4>Ogilvie syndrome is a rare condition characterized by acute colonic dilation. In 1948, H. Ogilvie first described it in medical literature. Its incidence is estimated at 100 cases per 100 000 per year in the US. Both abdominal distention and pain are considered major symptoms.<h4>Presentation of case</h4>A 32-year-old woman, 36+1 weeks pregnant, experienced labour pain and was admitted to the hospital. Upon examination, she was in labour, but the foetus was in a breech posit ...[more]