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A Case of Toxic Megacolon Caused by Clostridium difficile Infection and Treated with Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Gut and Liver, 2015
Toxic megacolon is a rare clinical complication of fulminant Clostridium difficile infection. The mortality rate of fulminant C. difficile infection is reported to be as high as 50%.
T. Gweon, K. Lee, Donghoon Kang, Sung Soo Park, K. Kim, Hyeonjin Seong, T. Ban, S. Moon, J. S. Kim, S. Kim   +9 more
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Megacolon due to Chronic Schistosomiasis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Case Reports in Surgery, 2019
Although Schistosoma infection in humans commonly involves the intestines, megacolon is a rare finding. We report a 47-year-old patient who was found to have chronic megacolon.
Amer R. Alzahrani, Homoud Alawfi, Sara Almeman, Thamer Altayeb, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi   +4 more
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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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Idiopathic Megacolon—Short Review

Diagnostics, 2021
Introduction: Idiopathic megacolon (IM) is a rare condition with a more or less known etiology, which involves management challenges, especially therapeutic, and both gastroenterology and surgery services.
A. Constantin, F. Achim, D. Spînu, B. Socea, D. Predescu   +4 more
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Biomarkers and Their Possible Functions in the Intestinal Microenvironment of Chagasic Megacolon: An Overview of the (Neuro)inflammatory Process

Journal of Immunological Research, 2021
The association between inflammatory processes and intestinal neuronal destruction during the progression of Chagasic megacolon is well established. However, many other components play essential roles, both in the long-term progression and control of the
J. R. do Carmo Neto, Y. L. L. Braga, Arthur Wilson Florêncio da Costa, Fernanda Hélia Lucio, Thais Cardoso do Nascimento, M. A. Dos Reis, M. R. Celes, Flávia Aparecida de Oliveira, J. Machado, M. V. da Silva   +9 more
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Toxic Megacolon: Background, Pathophysiology, Management Challenges and Solutions

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2020
Toxic megacolon (TM) is one of the fatal complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or any infectious etiology of the colon that is characterized by total or partial nonobstructive colonic dilatation and systemic toxicity.
Jiten Desai, Mohamed Elnaggar, Ahmed A Hanfy, R. Doshi   +3 more
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Induction of potentially lethal hypermagnesemia, ischemic colitis, and toxic megacolon by a preoperative mechanical bowel preparation: report of a case [PDF]

Surgery Case Reports, 2016
A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with rectal cancer. The tumor invaded the subserosal layer, but it was not large, and there was no sign of obstruction. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy reduced the size of the tumor.
M. Sugiyama, Eiji Kusumoto, M. Ota, Y. Kimura, N. Tsutsumi, E. Oki, Y. Sakaguchi, T. Kusumoto, K. Ikejiri, Y. Maehara   +9 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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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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Toxic megacolon and human Cytomegalovirus in a series of severe ulcerative colitis patients [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Virology, 2015
BACKGROUND Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection has been reported to be a cause of refractory ulcerative colitis (UC). Toxic megacolon (TM) is a rare but severe complication of an acute attack of UC.
Cottone, M., Criscuoli, V., Gallo, E., Orlando, A., Rizzuto, M.   +4 more
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