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digestive motility diseases

Types

- primitive chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (primitive CIPO)

  • neuronal anomalies (neuropathic CIPO)
  • muscular anomalies (digestive myopathies or myopathic CIPO)

- secondary intestinal pseudo-obstruction

  • scleroderma
  • multiple sclerosis
  • intestinal neuronal dysplasia (?)
  • meconium ileus
  • radiation injury
  • eosinophilic enteritis (eosinophilic enteritis-associated CIPO)
  • Chagas disease

- miscellaneous motility anomalies

  • Ogilvie syndrome
  • toxic megacolon
  • rectal prolapse
  • diverticulosis

- mechanical obstruction

  • digestive tumors
    • digestive carcinomas
    • digestive carcinoid tumor
  • Crohn disease with stricture
  • peritoneal adhesions

See also

- chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (CIPO)

  • primitive chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (primitive CIPO)

References

- Intestinal transplantation for motility disorders. Millar AJ, Gupte G, Sharif K. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2009 Nov;18(4):258-62. PMID: #19782308#

- The histopathology of gastrointestinal motility disorders in children. Feichter S, Meier-Ruge WA, Bruder E. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2009 Nov;18(4):206-11. PMID: #19782302#

- Wingate D, Hongo M, Kellow J, et al. Disorders of gastrointestinal motility: towards a new classification. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002; 17:S1-14.