I had spent the month rotating through the ICU, and that morning, had watched a young woman, Melanie, die of toxic megacolon, a complication of c. difficile colitis. ❋ M.D. Lisa Rosenbaum (2011)
What the doctor didn't know was that we'd been living with the megacolon for eight or nine years and managing it, rather successfully, with diet. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She laid out how ill he was, how they could give him a transfusion but it would only be a temporary measure and might not even work, and even if they did sort him out his quality of life, what with the megacolon and the inflammatory bowel disease and the thing with his liver and the thing with his pancreas, wouldn't be so good. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Now, this is no big thing for us; when he first developed megacolon he was throwing up all the time. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Dougal had a stone it seems Persians are prone to them, though Kuron has never had one - what we had with him was an ulcerated eyelid when we got him, due to his previous owner not cleaning his eyes often enough, a fatty tumour on his back and a condition called megacolon. ❋ Marlowe1 (2007)
It can be severe, causing toxic megacolon, and even fatal. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Infants less than a month old who have constipation should be seen by a physician to rule out megacolon, a condition in which peristalsis does not occur. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)
In small children doctors sometimes diagnose cases of megacolon with unknown origin. ❋ Unknown (1995)
Experimental studies in mice have shown that disturbances in homeotic genes can cause a malformation of the colon called megacolon. ❋ Unknown (1995)
Gastrointestinal system: Malabsorption syndromes, gastric and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, megacolon, colostomy ❋ Judith Marks Mishne (1986)
Mya 6.285 reports two cases of congenital dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon (megacolon congenito). ❋ Unknown (1896)
Mya reports two cases of congenital dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon (megacolon congenito). ❋ Unknown (1896)
CDAD encompasses a spectrum of diseases ranging from mild-to-severe diarrhea to potentially life-threatening complications such as toxic megacolon and sepsis. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The remaining 5. 5% affects the esophagus (megaesophagus) or the colon (megacolon). ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
The congenital anomalies seen in pregnancies with estimated onset within 30 days of vaccination included pyloric stenosis, congenital megacolon, congenital hydronephrosis, hip dysplasia, and club foot. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Patients of fulminant colitis may also develop toxic megacolon (dilation of the colon due to severe inflammation), resulting in colon rapture.
APIC Guide to the Elimination of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Settings was the case definition for CDI surveillance is "an individual patient with diarrhea (unformed stool that conforms to the shape of the specimen collection container) or toxic megacolon documented radiologically." ❋ Unknown (2009)
