Megacolon, Toxic
"Megacolon, Toxic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute form of MEGACOLON, severe pathological dilatation of the COLON. It is associated with clinical conditions such as ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; AMEBIC DYSENTERY; or CLOSTRIDIUM ENTEROCOLITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.469.158.701.591
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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