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KEY FACTS Terminology Mechanical bowel obstruction due to impacted gallstone(s) You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
KEY FACTS Terminology Enteric infection with roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides (ascariasis) Enteric protozoal infection with Giardia lamblia (giardiasis) Cryptosporidium (cryptosporidiosis) Entamoeba histolytica (amebiasis) You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership…
KEY FACTS Terminology Symptomatic gastrointestinal infection of immunocompromised host by organisms that usually cause no or minor illness in immunocompetent individuals You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If…
KEY FACTS Terminology Benign inflammation of lymph nodes in ileocolic mesentery, often with terminal ileitis You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in…
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KEY FACTS Terminology Named according to portion of GI tract from which they arise You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
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Embryology and Congenital Malformations The small intestine and the right side of the colon constitute the embryologic midgut, which herniates into the umbilical cord during the process of marked elongation in fetal development. Following a 270° counterclockwise rotation, the midgut…