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Toxic megacolon: A rare presentation and novel treatment. [PDF]

JPGN Rep
Abstract A 14‐year‐old male presented with toxic megacolon (TM). Stool culture and rectal biopsies ruled out Clostridium difficile infection and Hirschsprung disease, respectively. Anorectal manometry ruled out anal achalasia as rectoanal inhibitory reflex elicited a normal resting pressure.
Davis AP, Schuh JM, Bitong J, Wagner AJ.
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Megacólon tóxico fatal por cytomegalovirus em paciente com retocolite ulcerativa idiopática: relato de caso e revisão de literatura [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2002
Racional - O megacólon tóxico é complicação grave e pouco freqüente na retocolite ulcerativa idiopática. Ocorre, geralmente, em pacientes cuja doença ativa é resistente ao tratamento clínico e, em algumas situações, o fator desencadeante é desconhecido ...
Sérgio Ossamu IOSHII, Viviane TEIXEIRA, Teresa Maria S. FIGUEIREDO   +2 more
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Cytomegalovirus ileo-pancolitis presenting as toxic megacolon in an immunocompetent patient: A case report.

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2020
BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) enterocolitis presenting in the form of pancolitis or involving the small and large intestines in an immunocompetent patient is rarely encountered, and CMV enterocolitis presenting with a serious complication, such as ...
Joon Hyun Cho, J. Choi
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Chagasic megacolon and large bowel neoplasms: case series and literature review

Journal of Coloproctology, 2011
There is a clear association between chagasic megaesophagus and the esophageal cancer. On the other hand, the association between chagasic megacolon and intestinal neoplasm is uncommon. There are only a few cases described in literature.
Maxwel Capsy Boga Ribeiro, Raquel Franco Leal, Cláudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy, Priscilla de Sene Portel oliveira, Débora Helena Gonçalves Rossi, João José Fagundes, Maria De Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono   +6 more
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The Classification and Surgical Treatments in Adult Hirschsprung’s Disease: A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeTo explore the treatments and short-term effects of different types of adult Hirschsprung’s disease.Methods89 patients treated in Shanghai Changhai Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.
Shengzhe Ma, Yue Yu, Anfu Pan, Haifeng Gong, Zheng Lou, Lianjie Liu, Liqiang Hao, Ronggui Meng, Jinke Sui, Wei Zhang   +9 more
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Idiopathic megacolon in a teenager treated by laparoscopic rectosigmoidectomy

Journal of Coloproctology, 2016
Chronic constipation in children and adolescents is relatively common and a reason for consultation with pediatricians and proctologists. Most cases respond to medical treatment.
Carlos Eduardo Oliveira Sodero, Emerson Abdulmassih Wood da Silva, Dirceu de Castro Rezende Júnior, Gustavo Roberto Carvalho Tiveron, Aurélio Fabiano Ribeiro Zago, Rafael Andrade de Oliveira, Bernardo Rosa e Souza, Luciano Ricardo Pelegrinelli   +7 more
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Prevalência de megas em necrópsias realizadas no triângulo mineiro no período de 1954 a 1988

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1989
Dentre 1708 necrópsias de chagásicos crônicos, de um total de 4690, diagnosticamos 273 megas. Destes o mais freqüente foi o megacólon, seguido pelo megaesôfago, ocupando a associação megacólon e megaesôfago o terceiro lugar.
Edison Reis Lopes, Ademir Rocha, António Carlos O. Meneses, Marco Antonio B. Lopes, Márcio Cunha Fatureto, Gesner Pereira Lopes, Edmundo Chapadeiro   +6 more
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Prevalence of rectoanal inhibitory reflex in chagasic megacolon Prevalência do reflexo inibitório retoanal no megacólon chagásico

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2008
BACKGROUND: Rectoanal inhibitory reflex is not always evident in patients with chagasic megacolon. This may be due to insufficient volumes of air used during insufflation for the manometric examination.
Simone Cavenaghi, Otaviano Cardoso da Silva Felicio, Luis Sergio Ronchi, Geni Satomi Cunrath, Marcelo Maia Caixeta de Melo, João Gomes Netinho   +5 more
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A Novel Approach to the Symptomatic Management of Chronic Megacolon

Case Reports in Surgery, 2021
Background. Chronic megacolon is a rare condition which primarily occurs in patients with autonomic dysfunction of a variety of causes. Its management is often challenging and people with chronic megacolon often suffer from abdominal distension, pain ...
Michelle J. Ward
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Colitis ulcerativa fulminante complicada con megacolon tóxico

Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía, 2021
Presentamos un caso de abdomen agudo secundario a megacolon tóxico perforado como debut de colitis ulcerativa que requirió múltiples intervenciones quirúrgicas y estancia prolongada en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.
Gelca Patricia Danies Diaz, María del Socorro Alzamora Acosta, Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Ramírez , Paola María Blanco Pertúz , Julián David Meléndez Albarracín   +4 more
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