Acute Segmental Obstructing Enteritis in Children

Intestinal obstruction in children due to segmental enteritis: experience in Chittagong, Bangladesh

“…Improvement on simple intraoperative measures in the majority of cases suggests that a policy of longer period of conservative treatment could be curative. It is supported by the reports elsewhere [2,5,9].…”

“…No case of clostridium welchii was detected. Most of the cases in our series presented during winter season between November and February, contrary to other series [7,9]. Improvement on simple intraoperative measures in the majority of cases suggests that a policy of longer period of conservative treatment could be curative.…”

“…Fever and leucocytosis in all the cases indicate some form of infective origin to the disease [9]. In 7 cases, peritoneal fluid revealed E. coli and in remaining cases it was mixed flora.…”

Acute Segmental Obstructing Ileitis in a Caucasian Boy

“…To the best of our knowledge, this condition has been described mostly by Asiatic authors from China, Goa, India, and Thailand (1,2). Hung‐Chang Lee et al have recently reported a group of 15 children with ASOE (3). All of their cases had a good nutritional status.…”

“…The present case illustrates some interesting points. This disease affects predominantly the jejunum, and the terminal ileum is the second most likely segment to be affected (1‐3). In our case, inflammatory lesions involved the ileum and did not affect the jejunum, the terminal ileum, or the colon.…”