"Megacolon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Dilatation of the COLON, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, idiopathic megacolon in CONSTIPATION, and TOXIC MEGACOLON.
| Descriptor ID |
D008531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.469.158.701
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Megacolon" by people in Profiles.
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Chagas disease: An underrecognized diagnosis. JAAPA. 2018 Dec; 31(12):30-33.
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Increasing Incidence of and Increased Mortality Associated With Clostridium difficile-Associated Megacolon. JAMA Surg. 2016 Jan; 151(1):85-6.
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Crohn's disease presenting as chronic constipation: a case report. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2000 Jun; 39(6):369-71.
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Oligohydramnios and megacolon in a fetus with vesicorectal fistula and anal-urethral atresia: a case report. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Jul; 167(1):79-81.
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Acquired distal aganglionosis of the colon. J Pediatr. 1982 Sep; 101(3):406-9.
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[Functional examinations during defaecation in childhood (author's transl)]. Fortschr Geb Rontgenstr Nuklearmed. 1974 Oct; 121(4):428-34.
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[LARGE SIGMOID-VALVE ENTEROLITH IN MEGACOLON]. Med Klin. 1964 Nov 06; 59:1780-2.