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what is 'acquired megacolon - abnormal dilatation of large bowel '?
Definition for acquired megacolon
Megacolon is an abnormal dilatation of the colon (a part of the large intestines) that is not caused by mechanical obstruction.
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Megacolon is an abnormal dilatation of the colon (a part of the large intestines) that is not caused by mechanical obstruction. The dilatation is often accompanied by a paralysis of the peristaltic movements of the bowel, resulting in chronic constipation. In more extreme cases, the feces consolidate into hard masses inside the colon, called fecalomas (literally, fecal tumor), which require surgery to be removed.Acquired megacolon, of which there are several possible etiologies:
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- acquired megacolon
Megacolon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acquired megacolon, of which there are several possible etiologies: Idiopathic megacolon ... can also be acquired congenitally, through blood transfusion ...
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Disease Listing, Travelers' Diarrhea, General Information | CDC ...
Adverse complications (toxic megacolon, sepsis, and disseminated intravascular ... investigates risk factors associated with acquisition of TD, to assist in ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/travelersdiarrhea_g.htm
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C. diff Epidemic: What You Must Know - Infectious Diseases: Causes ...
But community-acquired C. diff does not depend on antibiotics. ... Most patients with toxic megacolon need surgery ? and 32% to 50% of patients who ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=89910
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Health Topics af to aj
Aganglionic Megacolon. Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Agenesis of Commissura Magna Cerebri ... AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome... AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome ...
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/health-topics/af-aj.htm
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Clostridium difficile?Induced Diarrhea: Anaerobic Bacteria: Merck ...
... patients and is responsible for 20 to 30% of cases of hospital-acquired diarrhea. ... Toxic megacolon, which rarely develops, is somewhat more likely after use of ...
https://www.merck.com/mmpe/print/sec14/ch178/ch178d.html
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Health Library - Avera Health
Toxic megacolon. Toxic multinodular goiter. Toxic nodular goiter. Toxic shock syndrome ... Tracheomalacia - acquired. Tracheomalacia - congenital. Trachoma ...
http://averaorg.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=101&alpha=T&sub=Disease
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with To-Tz
Toxic dilation of the colon see Toxic megacolon ... Toxic megacolon. Toxic metal - nutritional ... Type 2 tracheomalacia see Tracheomalacia - acquired ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_To-Tz.htm
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Disease Reference
Toxic megacolon. Toxic multinodular goiter. Toxic nodular goiter. Toxic shock syndrome ... Tracheomalacia - acquired. Tracheomalacia - congenital. Trachoma ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/diseidxt.htm
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Acquired bronchiectasis. Addison disease. Adrenogenital ... Congenital megacolon. Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Congenital nephrotic syndrome ...
http://ssmhealth.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=112&gid=200...
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C. difficile?associated Disease, New Jersey, 2000?2004 | CDC EID
... with CDAD in whom toxic megacolon, perforation of the colon, colectomy, ... Secular trends in hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile disease in the United ...
http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/13/3/498.htm
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Clostridium Difficile Colitis Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
Clostridium Difficile Colitis glossary includes a list of Clostridium Difficile Colitis related medical ... See the entire definition of Acquired ... Megacolon: An abnormally enlarged colon. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/clostridium_difficile_colitis/glossary.htm
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Alphabetical Index: Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery
Megacolon, Acute. Megacolon, Chronic. Megacolon, Toxic ... Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia. Nutritional Requirements of Adults Before Transplantation ...
http://author.emedicine.com/med/topiclist.htm
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Loyola University Health System
Toxic megacolon. Toxic metal - nutritional considerations. Toxic multinodular goiter ... Tracheomalacia - acquired. Tracheomalacia - congenital. Tracheostomy ...
http://loyolauniversity.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=101&gid=200000&alpha=T
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Southeast Alabama Medical Center - Dothan, Alabama - 334.793.8111
Toxic megacolon. Toxic metal - nutritional considerations. Toxic ... Tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia repair. Tracheomalacia - acquired ...
http://southeastalabama.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=101&alpha=T
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Ulcerative colitis
Toxic megacolon is characterized by extreme inflammation and distention of the colon. ... It is usually acquired in a hospital. ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/Ulcerative-colitis.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with Ch-Co
Congenital herpes see Birth-acquired herpes ... Congenital megacolon see Hirschsprung's disease. Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_Ch-Co.htm
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Index: CO: Merck Manual Professional
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Etiology. Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): History ... toxic dilation of (toxic megacolon) Ulcerative Colitis: Pathophysiology ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index/ind_co.html
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with M-Mf
Megarectum see Toxic megacolon. Mehlä hrschaden see Kwashiorkor ... Methemoglobinemia - acquired. Methicillin-resistant Community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) see MRSA ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_M-Mf.htm
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Nova Scotia Department of Health
Community-acquired pneumonia. Complete blood count. Complicated urinary tract infection ... Congenital megacolon. Congenital nevus. Congenital pernicious ...
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New York Methodist Hospital
Toxic Megacolon. Toxic megacolon is a serious complication that can occur if inflammation spreads ... It is usually acquired in a hospital. ...
http://nymethodist.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=10&pid=10&gid=000103
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St. James Hospital and Health Centers
Toxic megacolon (Condition) Toxic metal - nutritional considerations (Nutrition) ... Tracheomalacia - acquired (Condition) Tracheomalacia - congenital ...
http://stjameshospital.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=26&alpha=T
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Table of Contents: Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery
Lipodystrophy, Acquired Partial. Lipodystrophy, Generalized. Lipodystrophy, Localized ... Megacolon, Acute. Megacolon, Chronic. Megacolon, Toxic. Mesenteric ...
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C. difficile Infections, US Hospitals, 1996?2003 | CDC EID
... disease may progress to toxic megacolon, sepsis with or without intestinal ... Secular trends in hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile disease in the United ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no03/05-1064.htm
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Crohn's disease
Toxic Megacolon. Toxic megacolon is a serious complication that can occur if inflammation spreads ... It is usually acquired in a hospital. ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/Crohn-s-disease.htm
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Alphabetical Index: Radiology
Temporal Bone, Acquired Cholesteatoma. Temporal Bone, Fractures ... Toxic Megacolon. Toxoplasmosis, CNS. Trachea, Stenosis. Tracheobronchial Tear ...
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Davis Hospital & Medical Center
Chronic acquired (Non-Wilsonian) hepatocerebral degeneration (Condition) ... Congenital megacolon (Condition) Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (Condition) ...
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Ministry Health Care
Toxic megacolon (Condition) Toxic metal - nutritional considerations (Nutrition) ... fistula and esophageal atresia repair (Surgery) Tracheomalacia - acquired ...
http://ministryhealth.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=26&pid=26&alpha=T
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C. diff Epidemic: What You Must Know
But community-acquired C. diff does not depend on antibiotics. ... Most patients with toxic megacolon need surgery -- and 32% to 50% of patients ...
http://www.webmd.com/news/20080530/c-diff-epidemic-what-you-must-know?page=4
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Index: TO: Merck Manual Home Edition
Toxic megacolon. Ulcerative Colitis: Complications. Ulcerative Colitis: Surgery ... Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Parasites. Toxocariasis. Toxoplasmosis ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index/ind_to.html
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Southeast Alabama Medical Center - Dothan, Alabama - 334.793.8111
Chronic acquired (Non-Wilsonian) hepatocerebral degeneration ... Congenital megacolon. Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Congenital nephrotic syndrome ...
http://southeastalabama.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=101&alpha=C
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Disease Reference
Chronic acquired (non-Wilsonian) hepatocerebral degeneration ... Congenital megacolon. Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Congenital nephrotic syndrome ...
http://adam.about.com/HIE/diseidxc.htm
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St. Mary's of Michigan
(Women's Center) Community-acquired pneumonia (Condition) Complete blood count (Medical Test) ... Congenital megacolon (Condition) Congenital nevus (Condition) ...
http://stmarysofmichigan2.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=26&pid=26&alpha=C
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Tempe St. Luke's Hospital
Chronic acquired (Non-Wilsonian) hepatocerebral degeneration  (Condition) ... Congenital megacolon  (Condition) Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus  ...
http://tempestlukeshospital.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=26&pid=26&alpha=C
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Orphanet: Diseases list
Goldberg-Shprintzen megacolon syndrome. Goldberg syndrome. Goldblatt chondrodysplasia ... Growth hormone deficiency, non acquired, isolated ...
http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search_List.php?lng=EN&TAG=G
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Index: ME: Merck Manual Professional
Ear, Nose, Throat, and Dental Disorders. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders ... Megacolon. Chagas' Chagas' Disease: Symptoms and ... Acquired Pneumonia ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index/ind_me.html
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NLM Classification Index M
Maternally-Acquired Immunity see Immunity, Maternally-Acquired ... Megacolon WI 528. Megacolon, Congenital see Hirschsprung Disease. Megacolon, Toxic WI 528 ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/index_m.html
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Budd-Chiari syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... up to 39% develop venous thromboses [3] and 12% may acquire Budd-Chiari. ... Ogilvie syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd-Chiari_syndrome
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
acquired: DIC (Congenital afibrinogenemia, Purpura fulminans) · autoimmune (Antiphospholipid) ... syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plummer-Vinson_syndrome
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Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations ...
... of the colon demonstrated megacolon with evidence of pseudomembranous colitis. ... CA-CDAD case definition more stringently excluded hospital-acquired CDAD (7,8) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5447a1.htm?s_cid=mm5447a1_e
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Cholestasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... occur because of genetic defects or acquired as a side effect of many medications. ... syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholestasis
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Chronic acquired (Non-Wilsonian) hepatocerebral degeneration ... Congenital megacolon. Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Congenital nephrotic syndrome ...
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Clostridium difficile -associated disease: New challenges from an ...
toxic megacolon, 7 (64%) needed surgery, and. once patients undergo surgery for complica ... the risk of community-acquired Clostridium-dif- ficile-associated ...
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Hernia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Umbilical hernias in adults are largely acquired, and are more frequent in obese ... Ogilvie syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis ...
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Statistique d'Usage du Serveur Orphanet orphanet.orpha.net - Aout 2006 ...
Période du résumé: Aout 2006 - Mots-clés. Généré le 02-Sep-2006 22:12 MEST. Hits Mots-clés -469 1.14% sindrome de klinefelter 353 0.86% vitiligo 350 0.85 ...
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 107, Lower Gastrointestinal Tract ...
... agent of nosocomial diarrhea, is acquired most often by elderly patients in ... hypotension, hypoproteinemia, toxic megacolon, or colonic perforation may occur. ...
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Pseudomembranous colitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It involves infusion of bacterial flora acquired from the feces of a healthy ... Ogilvie syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomembranous_colitis
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Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Epidemic Dysentery and Cholera
C. Advantages of Centralized Acquisition of Media and. Reagents . . . . . .79. Chapter 12. ... toxic megacolon. A more frequent complication is the hemolytic-uremic ...
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Schatzki ring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... cause is uncertain, and may be related to both congenital and acquired factors. ... Ogilvie syndrome) ? Megacolon/Toxic megacolon · Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis ...
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... 13 0.01% marshall smith syndrome 13 0.01% megacolon 13 0.01% microcoria 13 ... 7 0.01% acilcarnitina 7 0.01% acquired lateral epidermal nevus 7 0.01 ...
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Clostridium dif?cile: Responding to a New Threat From an Old Enemy
toxic megacolon, sepsis, and even death. 3,4 ... with intrinsic or acquired resistance in ... acquired Clostridium dif?cile disease in the United States, ...
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