Distended Abdomen - Credits
Introduction
Definition
Common Presentations
Causes of Abdominal Distension
Fat
Fecundity
Fluid
Flatus
Causes of Small Bowel Obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction
Crohn's Disease
Intussusception
Miscellany
Paralytic Ileus
Large Bowel Obstruction
Primary Adenocarcinomas
Diverticulitis
Volvulus
Pseudo-Obstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome)
Colitis
Faeces
Large Abdominal Neoplasms and Cysts
Intra-Abdominal
Retroperitoneal
Genetic 'Cystic' Disease
Conclusion
Feedback
Surgery Distended Abdomen
Large Bowel Obstruction
Causes of large bowel obstruction (10% of all causes of obstruction)
Malignancy (60%)
Primary adenocarcinomas
Inflammatory
Diverticulitis (20%)
Inflammatory bowel disease
Volvulus (5%)
Sigmoid
Caecal
Endometriosis
