Toxic Megacolon
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Toxic Megacolon Risk Factors
Risk factors for toxic megacolon include:
Chemotherapy:
The administration of medicines that kill
cancer
cells.
Crohn's disease
Hirschsprung's disease
Intestinal infection
Laxative abuse
Peripheral vascular disease
Radiation therapy:
Exposing
cancer
cells to radiation can kill them.
Ulcerative colitis
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Toxic Megacolon Symptoms
Related Conditions
Crohn's disease
Hirschsprung's disease
Intestinal obstruction
Ischemic bowel disease
Pseudomembranous colitis
Ulcerative colitis
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Dehydration Checkup
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Rectal bleeding
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Last Updated: Aug 18, 2008
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Authors:
Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Toxic Megacolon References:
Gan SI, Beck PL. A new look at toxic megacolon: an update and review of incidence, etiology, pathogenesis, and management. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Nov;98(11):2363-71.
Imbriaco M, Balthazar EJ. Toxic megacolon: role of CT in evaluation and detection of complications. Clin Imaging. 2001 Sep-Oct;25(5):349-54.
Pascu M, Muller AR, Wiedenmann B, Dignass AU. Rescue therapy with tacrolimus in a patient with toxic megacolon. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2003 May;18(3):271-5.
