Megacolon is an abnormal dilation of the colon (also called the large intestine). This leads to hypertrophy of the colon. The dilation is often accompanied...

Toxic megacolon is an acute form of colonic distension. It is characterized by a very dilated colon (megacolon), accompanied by abdominal distension (bloating)...

diagnosed in the first year of life. Complications may include enterocolitis, megacolon, bowel obstruction and intestinal perforation. The disorder may occur...

abdominal X-ray. It is a type of megacolon, sometimes referred to as "acute megacolon," to distinguish it from toxic megacolon. The condition carries the name...

sleepiness, vomiting, and a dry mouth. It may increase the risk of toxic megacolon. Loperamide's safety in pregnancy is unclear, but no evidence of harm...

diverticulum Penetrating trauma Ruptured inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., megacolon) Necrotising enterocolitis/pneumatosis coli Bowel cancer Ischemic bowel...

can lead to flatus and/or fecal incontinence, chronic constipation and megacolon. A grade IV hemorrhoid protrudes out of the anus. The anus has a relatively...

between flares. Complications may include abnormal dilation of the colon (megacolon), inflammation of the eye, joints, or liver, and colon cancer. The cause...

be confused with an abnormally wide large intestine, which is called a megacolon.[citation needed] Dolichocolon may predispose to abnormal rotation (see...

deformed. It may occur in chronic obstruction of stool transit, as in megacolon and chronic constipation. Some diseases, such as Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's...