Concept information
Preferred term
Megacolon
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Scope note
- Dilatation of the COLON, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, idiopathic megacolon in CONSTIPATION, and TOXIC MEGACOLON.
In other languages
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Finnish
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jättikoolon
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megacolon
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008531
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