A rare cause of bowel obstruction in pregnancy

We present the case of a 30-year-old woman admitted at 38 weeks and 3 days gestation with a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Definitive diagnosis was not made until laparotomy. We present the unique management challenges posed and a review of the literature.

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Autores principales: Li, Yingda, Ang, Megan, Miller, Julie A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3855217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24968425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs034
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spelling pubmed-38552172013-12-09 A rare cause of bowel obstruction in pregnancy Li, Yingda Ang, Megan Miller, Julie A J Surg Case Rep Case Reports We present the case of a 30-year-old woman admitted at 38 weeks and 3 days gestation with a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Definitive diagnosis was not made until laparotomy. We present the unique management challenges posed and a review of the literature. Oxford University Press 2012-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3855217/ /pubmed/24968425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs034 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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