Idiopathic megacolon causing iliac vein occlusion and hydronephrosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 539-542

  Nguyen, Hung ^a   Simpson, Richard R ^a   Kennedy, Michael L ^a   Lubowski, David Z ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St George Private Medical Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

Idiopathic megacolon; Idiopathic megarectum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; MEGACOLON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; COLECTOMY; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; ILIAC VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEGACOLON; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RECTAL DISEASES; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033931665     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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