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    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...
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    Toxic megacolon is an acute form of colonic distension. It is characterized by a very dilated colon (megacolon), accompanied by abdominal distension (bloating)...
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    diagnosed in the first year of life. Complications may include enterocolitis, megacolon, bowel obstruction and intestinal perforation. The disorder may occur...
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    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...
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    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...
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    diverticulum Penetrating trauma Ruptured inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., megacolon) Necrotising enterocolitis/pneumatosis coli Bowel cancer Ischemic bowel...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Shprintzen–Goldberg syndrome
    Shprintzen–Goldberg syndrome is a congenital multiple-anomaly syndrome that has craniosynostosis, multiple abdominal hernias, cognitive impairment, and...
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    between flares. Complications may include abnormal dilation of the colon (megacolon), inflammation of the eye, joints, or liver, and colon cancer. The cause...
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    be confused with an abnormally wide large intestine, which is called a megacolon.[citation needed] Dolichocolon may predispose to abnormal rotation (see...
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