What is Ogilvie syndrome is? and explain in detail?
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