Trypanosomiasis-induced megacolon illustrates how myenteric neurons modulate the risk for colon cancer in rats and humans. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Trypanosomiasis induces a remarkable myenteric neuronal degeneration leading to megacolon. Very little is known about the risk for colon cancer in chagasic megacolon patients.
Vinicius Kannen +5 more
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An Adolescent Case of Ulcerative Colitis Complicated by Toxic Megacolon [PDF]
Case Reports in GastroenterologyIntroduction: Toxic megacolon is a serious complication of ulcerative colitis (UC), characterized by marked colonic dilatation, abnormal bowel function, and systemic toxicity.
Masaki Kato +16 more
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Functional Outcome in Children with Hirschsprung’s Disease after Modified Duhamel’s Procedure: A Longitudinal Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: The classical surgical treatment of Hirschsprung’s Disease (HD) is by resection of the aganglionic segment of the distal intestine and bringing down the ganglionic segment by Modified Duhamel’s procedure or other pull-through operations.
B Ujjwal Singh Trivedi +3 more
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Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Dual Colonic Perforation in a 15 Year Old Female- A Rare Case Rreport [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2022 Pseudomembranous colitis is an undesirable complication of C difficle infection. C difficle, although a part of normal gut flora, can become a nuisance and cause varying degrees of colitis, given the opportunity of a conducive host environment ...
Nida Khan +4 more
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Life, 2022 Introduction: This study primarily sought to evaluate the risk factors for toxic megacolon development and treatment outcomes in Clostridium difficile-positive COVID-19 patients, secondarily to determining predictors of survival.
Tomáš Řezáč +5 more
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Chagasic megacolon in Venezuela ‒ case report
Journal of Coloproctology, 2020 Chagasic megacolon is the second most frequent cause of manifestation of the digestive forms of Chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi parasitosis), characterized by progressive pseudo-occlusive symptoms or chronic constipation, caused by an alteration in the
Victoria Dowling Enez +1 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 +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 +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 +6 more
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Atresia Ani Type II with Rectovaginal Fistula in a 6-Week-Old Kitten [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2023 Atresia ani is a developmental defect within the cloacal region, resulting in anal canal closure and abnormal routing of feces. There are four types of atresia ani including congenital anal stenosis (Type I), imperforate anus alone (Type II), imperforate
Behzad Pourreza +3 more
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