Abstract
Colonic pseudo-obstruction refers to a condition in which physical and radiologic findings identical to those associated with mechanical obstruction of the large bowel are found but in which no organic cause of the colonic distention is present. Cases of this condition have been reported in the world literature, of which 40 per cent have followed the termination of pregnancy or uterine operation. Three cases of this syndrome are presented. One followed normal vaginal delivery; one followed cesarean section, and the third followed elective abdominal hysterectomy. The literature on the subject is reviewed, and a possible anatomicophysiologic explanation, based upon a sympathetic-parasympathetic neurostimulatory imbalance, is put forward.
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