A Case of Chronic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Accompanied by Parkinson's Disease

Won Wo Park; You Sun Kim; Jung Hwan Lee

doi:10.4166/kjg.2010.56.2.65

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2010;56(2):65-68.

Published online: 21 February 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2010.56.2.65

A Case of Chronic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Accompanied by Parkinson's Disease

Won Wo Park, M.D., You Sun Kim, M.D., Jung Hwan Lee, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: You Sun Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, 85, Jeo-dong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-032, Korea Tel: +82-2-2270-0012, Fax: +82-2-2270-0257 E-mail: yousunk69@korea.com

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Fig. 1.

Simple abdomen view. It shows marked gaseous dis-tension of transverse colon.

Fig. 2.

Abdominal CT scan finding. It shows marked dilated ascending and transverse colon without distal obstructive lesion.

Fig. 3.

Colonoscopy finding. It shows luminal dilatation in the transverse colon.

Fig. 4.

Gross finding. It shows near total colectomy specimen, consisting of the ascending, transverse, and descending colon.

Fig. 5.

Microscopic findings. It shows normal looking submucosal Meissner's (white arrow) (A) and intermuscular myenteric Auerbach's autonomic nerve plexuses (white arrow) (B) (H&E, ×200).

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