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Megacolon

MedGen UID:
6285
Concept ID:
C0025160
Pathologic Function
Synonym: Megacolons
SNOMED CT: Megacolon (33995003); Dilatation of colon (33995003)
 
HPO: HP:6000852
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001273

Definition

Persistent and substantial increase in diameter diameter and length of the colon. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Iqbal T, DuPont HL
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2021 Jan;37(1):66-75. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000693. PMID: 33105253
Mounsey A, Lacy Smith K, Reddy VC, Nickolich S
Am Fam Physician 2020 Feb 1;101(3):168-175. PMID: 32003951
Kessmann J
Am Fam Physician 2006 Oct 15;74(8):1319-22. PMID: 17087425

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pumiglia L, Wilson L, Rashidi L
Surg Clin North Am 2024 Jun;104(3):545-556. Epub 2023 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.11.005. PMID: 38677819
Abad CLR, Safdar N
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2021 Jun;50(2):323-340. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.010. PMID: 34024444
Mounsey A, Lacy Smith K, Reddy VC, Nickolich S
Am Fam Physician 2020 Feb 1;101(3):168-175. PMID: 32003951
Settle CD
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McConnell RB
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Diagnosis

Argyriou O, Lingam G, Tozer P, Sahnan K
Br J Surg 2024 Aug 2;111(8) doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae200. PMID: 39120526
Iqbal T, DuPont HL
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2021 Jan;37(1):66-75. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000693. PMID: 33105253
van Rijssel NN, Savelkoul CC, Tjan DHT
BMJ Case Rep 2018 Jan 11;2018 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223081. PMID: 29326374Free PMC Article
Schnaufer L
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NIXON HH
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Therapy

Pumiglia L, Wilson L, Rashidi L
Surg Clin North Am 2024 Jun;104(3):545-556. Epub 2023 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.11.005. PMID: 38677819
Abad CLR, Safdar N
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2021 Jun;50(2):323-340. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.010. PMID: 34024444
Mounsey A, Lacy Smith K, Reddy VC, Nickolich S
Am Fam Physician 2020 Feb 1;101(3):168-175. PMID: 32003951
Mullish BH, Williams HR
Clin Med (Lond) 2018 Jun;18(3):237-241. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-237. PMID: 29858434Free PMC Article
Teixeira AR, Nitz N, Guimaro MC, Gomes C, Santos-Buch CA
Postgrad Med J 2006 Dec;82(974):788-98. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.047357. PMID: 17148699Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pumiglia L, Wilson L, Rashidi L
Surg Clin North Am 2024 Jun;104(3):545-556. Epub 2023 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.11.005. PMID: 38677819
Gajendran M, Loganathan P, Jimenez G, Catinella AP, Ng N, Umapathy C, Ziade N, Hashash JG
Dis Mon 2019 Dec;65(12):100851. Epub 2019 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2019.02.004. PMID: 30837080
Alcalá Hernández L, Reigadas Ramírez E, Bouza Santiago E
Med Clin (Barc) 2017 May 23;148(10):456-463. Epub 2017 Apr 8 doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2017.01.033. PMID: 28396132
Teixeira AR, Nitz N, Guimaro MC, Gomes C, Santos-Buch CA
Postgrad Med J 2006 Dec;82(974):788-98. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.047357. PMID: 17148699Free PMC Article
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Clinical prediction guides

Pang W, Chen Y, Wang K, Zhang D, Qi X, Wu D
Pediatr Surg Int 2023 Jan 6;39(1):72. doi: 10.1007/s00383-022-05345-2. PMID: 36607405
Almannai M, AlAbdi L, Maddirevula S, Alotaibi M, Alsaleem BM, Aljadhai YI, Alsaif HS, Abukhalid M, Alkuraya FS
Hum Genet 2023 Mar;142(3):399-405. Epub 2022 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02513-1. PMID: 36564622
Gajendran M, Loganathan P, Jimenez G, Catinella AP, Ng N, Umapathy C, Ziade N, Hashash JG
Dis Mon 2019 Dec;65(12):100851. Epub 2019 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2019.02.004. PMID: 30837080
Teixeira AR, Nitz N, Guimaro MC, Gomes C, Santos-Buch CA
Postgrad Med J 2006 Dec;82(974):788-98. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.047357. PMID: 17148699Free PMC Article
Chung YF, Eu KW, Nyam DC, Leong AF, Ho YH, Seow-Choen F
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Recent systematic reviews

Eghbali E, Akhavi Milani A, Shirmohamadi M, Hosseinifard H
Radiography (Lond) 2021 May;27(2):716-720. Epub 2020 Nov 12 doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2020.10.019. PMID: 33189537
Nakamura H, Puri P
Pediatr Surg Int 2020 Jan;36(1):21-24. Epub 2019 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00383-019-04580-4. PMID: 31552492
Bianchi L, Gaiani F, Vincenzi F, Kayali S, Di Mario F, Leandro G, De' Angelis GL, Ruberto C
Acta Biomed 2018 Dec 17;89(9-S):153-157. doi: 10.23750/abm.v89i9-S.7911. PMID: 30561409Free PMC Article
Cuda T, Gunnarsson R, de Costa A
BMC Gastroenterol 2018 Jan 31;18(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12876-018-0753-7. PMID: 29385992Free PMC Article
Gladman MA, Scott SM, Lunniss PJ, Williams NS
Ann Surg 2005 Apr;241(4):562-74. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000157140.69695.d3. PMID: 15798457Free PMC Article

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