A Case of Pseudo-obstruction Responding to Neostigmine / 대한소화관운동학회지

ABSTRACT

Pseudo-obstruction is a clinical syndrome caused by ineffective intestinal propulsion and characterized by symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction in the absence of an occluding lesion of the intestinal lumen. A 65-year-old male who complained of abdominal pain and obspitation. (not constipation?) was admitted. Simple abdominal radiographs revealed marked colonic dilatation without mechanical obstruction suggesting pseudo-obstruction. Clinical response with conservative care failed to improve the patient. 2.0 mg of neostigmine which was recently reported to be an effective way to decompress the colon in patients with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, was administered. Immediate clinical response was achieved without complication.