A case of toxic megacolon in a patient with collagenous colitis

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-166

  Bains, S ^a   Lloyd, G M ^a   Sutton, C D ^a   West, K ^a   Miller, A S ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Megacolon; Surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCORTISONE; LOPERAMIDE; MESALAZINE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COLIC; COLITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; COLON RESECTION; CONVALESCENCE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE ULCER; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOXIC MEGACOLON; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

AGED; COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEGACOLON, TOXIC;

EID: 67650716397     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-009-0475-5     Document Type: Article

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