Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: Case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-295

  Adad, Sheila Jorge ^a   Souza, Moisés Amâncio ^a   Silva, Gisele Barbosa ^b   Do Carmo Jr , José ^a   De Godoy, Charles Antônio Pires ^a   Micheletti, Adilha Misson Rua ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Ministério de Ciências e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired megacolon; Chagas disease; Psychiatric medications

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MEGACOLON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 50149095302     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000300013     Document Type: Article

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