Ogilvie syndrome is?: (A) Small bowel obstruction, (B) Large bowel obstruction, (C) Colonic pseudo-obstruction, (D) Bowel ischemia
Answer is C. Ans COgilvie syndromeQ is the acute dilation of the colon in the absence of any mechanical obstruction in severely ill patients. Colonic pseudo-obstruction is characterized by massive dilatation of the cecum (diameter > 10 cm) and right colon on abdominal X-ray. The condition carries the name of the British surgeon Sir William Ogilvie, who first reported it