Case ReportOgilvie's Syndrome after Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer
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Case Report
A 35-year-old multiparous woman with a medical history significant for 2 cesarean sections, previous smoking, and a body mass index of 28 kg/m2, was diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III (CIN III) on colposcopic biopsy. Endocervical curettage demonstrated adenocarcinoma in situ. She subsequently underwent cervical conization and endometrial curettage to evaluate the extent of the disease. The final diagnosis was consistent with stage IB1 cervical adenocarcinoma, positive for
Discussion
ACPO was first described in 1948 by Ogilvie, who attributed the syndrome to tumor invasion of celiac ganglia by metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung in 1 case and an adenocarcinoma of unknown origin in another case [2]. Since then, multiple cases of ACPO have been described either as a postoperative complication or secondary to a medical condition. Specifically, 23% of the cases of ACPO have been linked to pelvic, abdominal, orthopedic, or spinal surgery; 11% to trauma; 10% to
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