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Toxic megacolon
Definition
Toxic megacolon is an acute form of colonic distension characterised by a very dilated colon, accompanied by abdominal distension (bloating), and sometimes fever, abdominal pain, or shock. "Toxic" means that this complication occurs with inflammation. Toxic megacolon is a rare, life-threatening widening of the large intestine that occurs within a few days, occurring as a complication of inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, or colitis of infectious origin.
Also indexed as
Toxic megacolonToxic megacolon due to Crohn diseaseToxic megacolon due to ulcerative colitistoxic dilatation of colontoxic functional megacolon