A 73-year-old man with long-term immobility presenting with abdominal pain

PLoS Med. 2009 Jul 14;6(7):e1000092. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000092. Epub 2009 Jul 14.

Abstract

Salomone Di Saverio and colleagues discuss the diagnosis and management of a man presenting with symptoms of partial intestinal obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / complications*
  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Pain / therapy
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Constipation / complications
  • Constipation / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hypokinesia / complications*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / complications
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / therapy
  • Male
  • Palliative Care
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed