Ogilvie's syndrome is a syndrome of acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction associated with massive dilation, usually of the colon but also of the small intestine. Mechanical obstruction is absent and there is parasympathetic nerve dysfunction. It was first described by Sir William Heneage Ogilvie in 1948, an English surgeon. The syndrome is also known as acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO).1
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