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Rectal endometriosis presenting as toxic megacolon

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2021
Background: The bowel is the most common site of extragenital endometriosis, with involvement of the locoregional sigmoid colon and anterior rectum seen most often.
Luis Enrique Rosario Alvarado, Hisham Bahmad, Odille Mejia, Heather Hollembeak, Robert Poppiti, Lydia Howard, Kiranmayi Muddasani   +6 more
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Clostridioides difficile infection leading to fulminant colitis with toxic megacolon

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2023
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the culprit of millions of nosocomial infections in the United States. Programs that successfully decrease its incidence, therefore, render cost savings for the healthcare system.
Fareed Rajack, Shawn Medford, Tammey Naab   +2 more
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Toxic Megacolon: Background, Pathophysiology, Management Challenges and Solutions

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2020
Jiten Desai,1 Mohamed Elnaggar,2 Ahmed A Hanfy,2 Rajkumar Doshi2 1Department of Internal Medicine, Nassau University of Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV ...
Desai J, Elnaggar M, Hanfy AA, Doshi R
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Toxic megacolon in Clostridium difficile colitis

IDCases, 2023
Sayato Fukui, Atsuko Hojo, Umihiko Sawada, Yoshimasa Kura   +3 more
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A novel case of aripiprazole and clomipramine-induced toxic megacolon: enough to drive anyone mad. [PDF]

J Surg Case Rep
Toxic megacolon is a potentially lethal disease process in which there is a non-mechanical dilation of the colon to >6 cm, often associated with systemic effects including leukocytosis or hemodynamic compromise.
Casey TJ, Mehr BP.
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Toxic megacolon

Radiopaedia.org, 2020
Vikas Shah, Vu Tran
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Management of Severe Colitis and Toxic Megacolon

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2023
Severe colitis is a well-defined condition encompassing several etiologies but is most often caused by severe ulcerative colitis or Clostridioides difficile infection.
Marjorie R. Liggett, Hasan B. Alam
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[Toxic Megacolon: A rare complication of chronic constipation. Three Pediatric Cases].

Andes pediatrica : revista Chilena de pediatria, 2022
INTRODUCTION Chronic constipation is a frequent pathology in the pediatric age that affects the quality of life of pa tients and their families. Its management is usually complex and long associated with poor adheren ce.
Macarena Muñoz P, Fernanda Andueza A, Marcela Santos M   +2 more
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Clostridium difficile colitis in patients after kidney and pancreas-kidney transplantation [PDF]

, 2004
Limited data exist about Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) in solid organ transplant patients. Between 1/1/99 and 12/31/02, 600 kidney and 102 pancreas–kidney allograft recipients were transplanted.
Basu, A, Fung, JJ, Keven, K, Marcos, A, Re, L, Shapiro, R, Simmons, RL, Starzl, TE, Tan, H   +8 more
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Campylobacter jejuni pancolitis complicated by toxic megacolon in an immunocompetent host

BMJ Case Reports, 2022
This is an unusual case of a middle-aged, immunocompetent man who developed toxic megacolon (TM) secondary to infection with a normally harmless bug, Campylobacter jejuni. He presented with diarrhoea, fever and abdominal pain.
Syed Wajih Ul Hassan, Sheena Nadeem Alam, N. Syed, M. Ismail   +3 more
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