[Intestinal occlusions in the elderly patient].

After reviewing the literature on this topic, the authors examine all patients admitted to the Institute of Surgical Pathology in Pavia with a diagnosis of intestinal occlusion from 1-1-1974 to 31-12-1990. Of these, only those aged over 65 were included in the study and were in turn subdivided into 3rd and 4th age groups. The etiopathogenesis of this disorder is also discussed, stressing that it may be non-neoplastic (Group I) or neoplastic (Group II).