Abstract：
:An 85-year-old woman with no history of abdominal surgery complained of abdominal pain and vomiting and was referred to us with a diagnosis of intestinal obstruction a few days later. Upon admission to our facility, she presented with marked abdominal swelling and prominent kyphosis. Because of the kyphosis, most of the dilated bowel was compressing her thoracic cavity. No obvious strangulation or free air was observed via abdominal computed tomography imaging. We attempted decompression using a nasogastric tube, but the symptoms persisted. Surgery was performed 2 days after admission. The origin of the obstruction was a compression of the ileocecal region by the costal arch. The bowel was discolored, and thus surgically excised. There were no major postsurgical complications other than a mild wound infection. Until now, there have been no reports of advanced kyphosis inducing ileus, but there are concerns of an increase in similar cases as society continues to age.
journal_name
Int Surgjournal_title
International surgeryauthors
Yoneyama S,Kato T,Yumoto T,Ohwada M,Terashima T,Koizumi M,Ueki Hdoi
10.9738/INTSURG-D-12-00003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-07-01 00:00:00pages
254-8issue
3eissn
0020-8868issn
2520-2456journal_volume
98pub_type
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