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Anorectal manometry, defecography, and ultrasonographic study were performed in 36 children with complete rectal prolapse and 45 age- and sex-matched controls. Anorectal manometry disclosed that there was no significant difference in Pr, Pac, or length of HPZ between patients and controls. The rate of BRC of the smooth muscle of the anal canal and RC were significantly lower in patients. Rectoanal reflex was present in all patients and controls. Defecography and ultrasonographic examination confirmed the hypothesis that rectal prolapse starts initially as an intussusception of the rectum, then fully develops. In 29 cases patients were cured by conservative treatment, but seven patients required surgical treatment. Results of modified Sudeck's operation were, in general, satisfactory.
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PMID:Anorectal motility in children with complete rectal prolapse. 251 96

This paper reports on a case of oral melanosis resultng from Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, a hereditary disease characterized by harmatomatous polyposis and by mucocutaneous melanic pigmentation, in a 14-year-old Fijian girl with a family history of the disease. The patient underwent surgery for treatment of an intestinal obstruction due to a small intestine intussusception. Recognition of the characteristic pigmentation by dentists may lead to early diagnosis of associated harmatomatous polyps or neoplastic disease that may be life threatening.
Pac Health Dialog 2003 Mar
PMID:Oral melanosis: a case report of Peutz-Jegher's Syndrome in Suva, Fiji. 1627 44

The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is characterized by hamartomatous polyposis of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract, with mucocutaneous pigmentation. We have experienced a case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with PJS, intussusception, colonic perforation and colonic adenocarcinoma. Finally, this case developed airway obstruction from the mediastinal mass. In order to prevent cancer and short bowel syndrome, aggressive screening is recommended.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
PMID:Peutz-jeghers syndrome and colon cancer in a 10-year-old girl: implications for when and how to start screening? 1843 97

Postoperative intussusception is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adults. We report a case of postoperative jejunojejunal intussusception in a 45-year-old female following a transverse colectomy for a colonic tumour. The patient presented with intermittent bowel obstruction on the fourth day of her operation. A re-laparotomy performed on day twenty one revealed a jejunojejunal intussusception as the cause for the obstruction. This is a rare cause of postoperative small bowel obstruction, and the pathogenesis and diagnosis of postoperative intussusception in the adult is discussed in the case report.
Pac Health Dialog 2010 Sep
PMID:Adult postoperative intussusception following transverse colectomy--a rare complication. 2171 42