splenic flexure syndrome

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Etymology: Gk, splen + L, flectere, to bend

a recurrent pain and abdominal distension in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen caused by a pocket of gas trapped in the large intestine below the spleen, at the flexure of the transverse and descending colon. The symptoms are relieved by defecation or passing of flatus.

splenic flexure syndrome

Payr syndrome GI disease A functional accompaniment of IBD, caused by swallowed gas that passes only as far as the transverse colon–due to kinking of the transverse and splenic flexure Clinical Left upper quadrant pain, abdominal distension, discomfort, constipation Management Autotherapy–defecation, flatulation. See Inflammatory bowel disease.

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