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Toxic megacolon.

open access: yesCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 1977
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Toxic megacolon

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2012
Toxic megacolon represents a dreaded complication of mainly inflammatory or infectious conditions of the colon. It is most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), i.e., ulcerative colitis or ileocolonic Crohn's disease. Lately, the epidemiology has shifted toward infectious causes, specifically due to an increase of Clostridium ...
Daniel C Baumgart
exaly   +4 more sources

An unusual cause of toxic megacolon

British medical journal, 2021
Healson Ihuoma, Raymol Keelan This is an abdominal radiograph of a man in his 20s showing toxic megacolon (transverse colon dilated to 9.9 cm, normal
Healson Ihuoma, R. Keelan
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Toxic megacolon: a rare presentation of complicated diverticular disease

International Surgery Journal
Toxic megacolon is a life-threatening complication most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or Clostridioides difficile infection. Its occurrence secondary to complicated diverticular disease is exceedingly rare. We present the case
María A. Lastra Santiago   +9 more
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Early Colectomy Saves Lives in Toxic Megacolon Due to Clostridium difficile Infection

Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala. Print), 2020
Clostridium difficile infection occasionally presents with one of the fulminant toxic colon conditions that results in rapid deterioration of a patient’s condition. Approximately 3% to 4% of patients infected with C.
N. Ahmed, Y. Kuo
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