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Query: UMLS:C0022104 (irritable bowel syndrome)
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Personality-specific features as opposed to illness-related reactions were studied in 101 patients with ulcerative colitis, duodenal ulcers or irritable colon syndrome (experimental group) and 81 patients with gallstone disease, inguinal hernia or varicose veins (control group). The method used was the Lazare-Klerman-Armor personality test. Results indicated that features previously suggested to characterize the experimental group, such as egocentricity and dependency, were likely to be illness-related reactions expressed by all patients with an acute disease. The greatest difference between the groups was found on emotionality: the control group found it difficult to control their emotions when they were ill while the experimental group felt emotionally more stable when they were ill.
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PMID:'Psychosomatic personality'--a personality constellation or an illness-related reaction? 259 48

The prevalence of alexithymia was studied in a psychosomatic group consisting of 34 patients with duodenal ulcer, 35 patients with ulcerative colitis and 38 patients with irritable colon syndrome, and in a control group consisting of 29 patients with gallstone disease, 13 patients with inguinal hernia and 44 patients with varicose veins. The methods used were the Beth Israel Hospital Questionnaire, the Thematic Apperception Test, the Rorschach Test and the score of emotionality derived from Lazare's Test. The results showed that alexithymia can be detected in an unselected sample of psychosomatic patients. The social class was of no significance, but a high score of alexithymia was registered for the male psychosomatic patients.
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PMID:Concept of alexithymia. I. The prevalence of alexithymia in psychosomatic patients. 383 45

Colonic volvulus is a rare complication of celiac disease. A case is reported of a 46-year-old man with a long-standing history of diarrhea and abdominal distention with a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. After an elective inguinal hernia repair, a cecal volvulus and an ulcerative jejunoileitis developed in the patient that required an extensive intestinal resection. Short bowel syndrome developed and was treated with total parenteral and enteral nutrition. The patient had a poor course after reinitiation of oral diet. Subsequently, celiac sprue was diagnosed and the patient improved with a gluten-free diet.
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PMID:Colonic volvulus and ulcerative jejunoileitis due to occult celiac sprue. 958 89